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Men have external genitalia, while women have internal genitalia. This simple difference makes a lot of difference in how they write about themselves__nd how you might write about your characters. Male writers don__ often address internal sensation in a character, because they don__ experience it (and probably often don__ realize consciously that it__ there). This accounts for a lot of Really Terrible sex scenes written by men (if you look at the __ad Sex-Scene Awards_ in any given year, you__l see that the vast majority are done by male writers).
Diana Gabaldon "I Give You My Body . . .": How I Write Sex Scenes
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Men have external genitalia, while women have internal genitalia. This simple difference makes a lot of difference in how they write about themselves__nd how you might write about your characters. Male writers don__ often address internal sensation in a character, because they don__ experience it (and probably often don__ realize consciously that it__ there). This accounts for a lot of Really Terrible sex scenes written by men (if you look at the __ad Sex-Scene Awards_ in any given year, you__l see that the vast majority are done by male writers).
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"I Give You My Body . . .": How I Write Sex Scenes

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