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<p>Posted by <b><!--poster-->Panu Petteri Höglund</b>
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As I have written several soft-pornographic stories in Irish for the
benefit of learners, I could not help noticing your jokes about Almean
pornography. But seriously: does pornography exist in Almea, or in
Verduria? I mean, literary and artistic depiction of sexuality, both
highbrow literature and smutty entertainment, is universal. But
discussing Verdurian pornography, we should really wonder if the
perpetual dilemmatising about "is it pornography, or is it erotica" is
as universal, or if it is a consequence of a peculiar historic/cultural
development on Earth which does not exist on Almea?
<p>And, by the way, are there major biological differences between human
and Almean sexuality which might lead to interesting societal
consequences? (Cf. Le Guin's "Left Hand of Darkness").
<hr><i>Mark responds:
<p>Interesting question... for Cadhinorian attitudes toward sex in general,
see <a href="http://www.zompist.com/pagan.htm#Sex">the beliefs pages</a>.
Verdurians don't suffer from the anti-sex and anti-female attitudes common in Western
culture (but they're not libertines, either). There is a category of
pornography (<b>kechezil</b>), but neither the content nor attitudes about it
would be identical to ours. Frank and ribald stories, for instance, are
not considered pornographic (Emanél Mitushek's story quoted in
<a href="http://www.zompist.com/refs.htm#examples">the Verdurian grammar</a>
is one). Nor is pornography illegal; the Verdurian attitude is to moderate
rather than ban the vices.
<p>Other lands vary, of course. Ismahi is widely perceived to be licentious
(though this is mostly due to the behavior of a minority-- the nobles and
intellectuals); Barakhún is more restrictive.
<p>As for biology, there's nothing as spectacular as changes of sex. As in
other areas, I've kept the <b>uestî</b> similar to terrestrial humans.
<a href="http://www.zompist.com/verbio.htm#Tritonids">Ktuvok reproduction</a>
is rather different, though not very titillating. The ilii are perhaps the
most interesting. Iliu females are physically protected against rape, for
instance (the offending organ, at the least, would be lost). And ilii have a form of telepathy or magic which allows images
and sensations to be directly communicated; this is one of their major
vehicles for art and spirituality, but works very nicely for sex, as well.
<p>(If you're dashing to the improbaballistician, I should note that only
a very, very few ilii have ever been interested in sex with humans!)
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