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Outlander - a thread. (No, I'm not being disloyal to God. He is and always will be my favorite Celtic ginger. No contest.)
It's a bit of a cliche by now, but many women love Outlander. Not just love it, but are obsessed by it. Ever stop to think of why?
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It's a bit of a cliche by now, but many women love Outlander. Not just love it, but are obsessed by it. Ever stop to think of why?
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Is it that Sam Heughan is hot? Yeah, he's easy on the eyes, but that's hardly unique on screen.
Is is the Scottish brogues? Doesn't hurt, but again, that's been seen before and you don't hear women swooning over Braveheart.
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Is is the Scottish brogues? Doesn't hurt, but again, that's been seen before and you don't hear women swooning over Braveheart.
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What it is for me, and what I've heard from other women time & again is that for the first time ever, we feel seen. We feel centered.
The most famous episode is the Wedding episode. It is iconic for good reason. It was written by a woman & directed by a woman *for women*.
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The most famous episode is the Wedding episode. It is iconic for good reason. It was written by a woman & directed by a woman *for women*.
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Women writers aren't new, and women directors aren't new, but this was the first time in my life I can remember seeing sex scenes created with women as the target audience.
Those scenes will be forever seared into my memory. They created a visceral reaction.
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Those scenes will be forever seared into my memory. They created a visceral reaction.
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If you're a man, maybe you can't understand that. Most entertainment has been targeted to you your whole life, and particularly adult entertainment.
But as a woman, seeing my perspective so masterfully laid out on screen was game changing.
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But as a woman, seeing my perspective so masterfully laid out on screen was game changing.
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I enjoy sex. Not just literotica but also visual sex.
What Outlander has done so well is show what it's like in my head when I'm in heat and I want the man who's standing in front of me.
Outlander shows lust the way *I* experience it.
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What Outlander has done so well is show what it's like in my head when I'm in heat and I want the man who's standing in front of me.
Outlander shows lust the way *I* experience it.
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See how the camera focuses on him? How the perspective is of the woman who's devouring him with her eyes?
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*He* is there for *our* viewing pleasure, and not the other way around.
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The camera explores him. It enjoys him. It sees him as a body for female sexual pleasure. When I'm attracted to a man, this is how I see him. This is how I want him.
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See how often he is onscreen naked or half naked and she is clothed? And think of how often you see the reverse in film.
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He's the focus, not her, because our perspective is the focus.
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It's not about sacrificing his pleasure for ours. It's about making the perspective our own. His pleasure is still very much a part of it, but it is seen through *our* eyes, not his. His pleasure turns us on. His pleasure brings us pleasure.
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How often do you see sex scenes in film where the woman is centered in the shot? That's not to make her the most important thing; it's to center the perspective of the men watching. Here, the woman's perspective is centered.
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Again.
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And again.
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And again.
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It would be very hard for me to overstate the importance to me of seeing something on screen that so thoroughly reflects my brain in lust. It's incredibly erotic and a huge turn on, yes. But more than that, it's validating. It's amazing to feel seen in that way.
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I know many of you women feel the same. Please, chime in!
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And if I might be so bold, @AlexAdamsXXX, I think you’d be really, really good at directing porn for women this way. Either with you as the male star or hiring someone else. Perhaps you’d consider making it under a different company? I dunno...
... All I know is there are a LOT of women who would eat. it. up.
