Galacia -> RE: A comprehensive survey of what femdom really means (I think) (7/23/2014 9:34:33 PM)
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ORIGINAL: MauiDreams Where have any of the Dommes here said that "all FemDom porn looks alike"? That's not even remotely what any of us are saying. I was using those words, figuratively, because I was fitting it into the "all XXX look alike" analogy to make a point that the sentiment is potentially naive, in that I have done my homework enough to know that very many Femdomists' universally deprecate Femdom porn as "unrealistic". quote:
ORIGINAL: MauiDreams What we are (apparently unsuccessfully) trying to convey to you is that FemDom porn does not show what a female led relationship looks like any more than vanilla porn shows what a vanilla relationship is like. Nor would a war film actually show what a real battle is truly like . Very many have tried, where few have succeeded, with most of those having a budget with zeros on the millions of dollars), perhaps with the notable exception of "Das Boot" So, it's even very difficult, without a budget of a hundred million dollars, to really show what any XXX relationship is truly like (insert any type of relationship you wish for the variable). But, what a war film can accurately show, even in a low budget film, are: - A realistic portrayal of the weapons used, - A realistic rendition of the uniforms worn, - A realistic portrayal of the actions of warmaking, etc. Given that, I must ask, why can't a low-budget Femdom video show: - A realistic portrayal of the toys used, - A realistic rendition of the apparel worn, - A realistic portrayal of the actions of Femdom'ing etc. If it can't be shown, then why not? Why can't a Femdom movie realistically portray itself? Note: I don't know the answer. But that is the question if it's true that most Femdom porn isn't realistic. quote:
ORIGINAL: MauiDreams Sure, some of the implements are the same or some of the activities but that still doesn't make it "realistic". OK. I think we are nudging closer to the crux of the discussion. It may be that my idea of realistic is unrealistic; but, for all I know at this point, it may be that your idea of realistic is unrealistic. We both aren't talking the same realism, it seems. But, since I am inexperienced at being Femdom'd, I don't have enough information to answer that question on my own. So, let's go back to the war movie example, because we all are likely on relatively common ground there. Some of us (not me) have actually been "in" a war, but, trust me, far fewer people than those who enlisted actually "fought" in a battle! (By fighting, I mean literally that they killed someone, and that they were very nearly killed themselves (or wounded). I'm not talking about the vast majority of rear echelon soldiers. I'm talking infantry. In foxholes. Real foxholes. Filled to the brim with mud, because, war is mud. Soldiers with the 1,000-yard stare. I'm talking soldiers who have taken aim at another human being, and who find they derive no joy from the task. Now, do you really think *any* movie can realistically show what that person truly feels, night after miserable night, awaiting imminent death and/or capture, as they curl in the mud, always soaking wet, a stinking hungry cold mass of quivering scared flesh? The answer is, without many millions of dollars and really good plots and directors, almost certainly not. Sure, they can show the "actions", they can say the "words", they can blow up stuff, but, to expect that any war movie will show the true "relationship", the gut feelings, the desire, the heat and hurt of their relationships to themselves, to their brothers in arms, to their enemy, is pretty unrealistic, don't you think? I'm sure a bunch of you will tell me that this war movie or that war movie is very "realistic", but, if you do, I'm going to ask "you", essentially, what Normal Schwarzkopf snapped at this particularly obnoxious journalist when Normal rhetorically asked: "Son, have you ever been in a minefield?" So, let's be realistic here. (Almost) No movie, Femdom or otherwise, is going to meet the realism test that I just outlined above. But, that's NOT the realism test that I'm asking about. Since I, myself, have almost no experience in being Femdom'd, I'm simply asking about the realism of: - Things (e.g., dildo gags, hoods, heels, etc.) - Actions (e.g., pegging, licking, serving, etc.) - Apparel (e.g., naked, sissy dress, cock cages, etc.) etc. quote:
ORIGINAL: MauiDreams Though I think the main issue is that you think ANY porn at all is realistic, because it's not. THAT'S WHY IT'S PORN. People do not seek out realistic people having realistic sex, they seek out fantasies that they find hot. If I changed "porn" to "war" or to "love" or to "insanity", etc., do you really believe ANY movie is capable of meeting those exacting standards? If you find any movie that does meet your realism standards, let me know what it is, and, I'll watch it, as I can find anything on the net, if it's on the net. But, we'll have to look at the budget of that realistic film, and then, realistically compare with the budget of the films I show below, which I ask you whether they are realistic, or not (since I don't, myself, know). Let's take mountain climbing, for example, where I've read Krakauers' "Into Thin Air". Was that book realistic? (I don't know, because I have never climbed Mount Everest, but only one who has climbed Mount Everest is qualified to answer that question.) Along that line, if you propose a movie that you feel is realistic, we'll have to read a review from someone who actually knows (e.g., if it's a movie about climbing Mount Everest, where your lungs are literally frothing out of your mouth with each breath as you slowly die at twenty breaths per inexorable step, by step, by step ... I'd want to see what a real climber, who has climbed the mountain, has to say about the assessment of realism (as, yet again, I wouldn't know). In summary, do you think that you just might be holding the bar a tad high to think that any movie could be realistic with respect to a complex relationship dynamic, especially one which very few of us have actually ever experienced? quote:
ORIGINAL: MauiDreams I'm wondering if maybe it's just that you have a different definition of "realistic"? I'm wondering exactly the same thing, of the folks here. :) Actually, as the OP, I bear a certain responsibility for ensuring we're all talking about the same thing in the discussion. In fact, it's my fault, if I haven't correctly defined what I mean by 'realistic' (and maybe there's a better word we can all use). I tried, with DarkSteven, whom I know to be a voice of reason (if he does cater a bit to the womenfolk! :) ... to first show him spanking/caning movies that I, myself, felt were probably not realistic, and then, I showed him ones that I felt might actually be realistic. I don't want to put words in his mouth, but, he seemed to understand the difference between the two categories. I believe the same differences exist with Femdom porn (but that's only my intuition, because I'm not qualified to say so). But we need to understand what each of us means by "realism". Especially since Femdom'ists are so vocally united in their opinions (surprise, surprise). :) Only when we can agree on what it is that we're talking about, can we begin to learn from each other. I, for my part, have certainly done *some* homework. I knew, very well, before I typed a single letter into this thread, what "most" Femdom'ists' inherently thought about Femdom porn. I am not naive. Yet, I am almost wholly lacking in experience at that level, and, well, I am curious about the subject! (embarrassing as it is to publicly admit). If I wasn't interested, I wouldn't care about the answer. And, I wouldn't be trying to learn. And, yeah, duh, go out and do it, would be a "typical" response, which, is sort of like saying, "go out and fly an airplane" so you can feel what it's like in the flesh. It's not always as simple as that for everyone. quote:
ORIGINAL: MauiDreams Because you seem to be saying that because FemDom porn has, say, pegging and because some dominant women do indeed peg their subs this automatically means that pegging porn is realistic. Let's try to get somewhere concrete on mutual understanding of what 'realistic' actually means. Even if I did understand Femdom'ing, I still couldn't answer your very good question without looking at a specific "pegging" porn example, simply because, I personally, have never done "pegging". So, let's do the same exercise we did with Caning/Spanking (which I do have experience with), that we did with DarkSteven... Take these arbitrary examples, found randomly simply by googling for "femdom pegging porn video" just now: - 2-minute Femdom Pegging Porn example (with the woman calling the man a slave) - 3-minute Femdom Pegging Porn example (including the birds) - 4-minute Femdom Pegging Porn example - 5-minute Femdom Pegging Porn example (with included handjob) - 6-minute Femdom Pegging Porn example (with black and white artistry) - 8-minute Femdom Pegging Porn example (with a red and black paddle & matching blindfold in addition to the dildo) - 10-minute Femdom Pegging Porn example (with interracial dynamics involved) - 12-minute Femdom Pegging Porn example (with a nice riding crop) etc. Admittedly, the dialog "bend over deary", "oh baby", "oh fuck", "auugh, feels so good" , and "thank you Mistress" is a bit trite, but, I watched every single one of those "educational" videos (someone had to), and, well, I still don't know if I was just exposed to a realistic idea or not of what it's like to be pegged. So, I must ask those who have been peged. Do any of those almost randomly chosen videos meet the realism bar of: - Things used (e.g., dildo gags, hoods, heels, etc.) - Actions performed (e.g., pegging, licking, serving, etc.) - Apparel worn (e.g., naked, sissy dress, cock cages, etc.) etc.
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