Vinylism

I'm not familiar with the genre but I find it interesting that your main interest is the protagonist's personal and sexual journey. I've always liked it when a character's sexuality is explored to achieve a deeper character understanding, I think it's a significant trait mainstream media ignores. My questions are:

What are your favorite love scenes in a Hollywood movie?

What gender issues appears the most in your erotica work?

Oh! Sadly, I must admit I haven't seen those movies :/ I shall check them out, I'd be a fool not to trust your judgement!

Ha! Well, said! I imagined something like a period novel where a female character breaks taboo or social standards of her time or something like an insecure character overcoming a repressed sexuality and learns to embrace it?

Thanks for the quick response!

brought UP by her sexuality, rather than down.

That's what I meant. That sounds really good actually, I'm interested in checking it out. What really bugs me of mainstream media is the negative connotations implied with open sexuality, it's something our culture negates and I like counter points to it.

One of my favorite love scenes in a movie is from Rust and Bone. It's a French movie starring Marion Cotillard, who plays a woman whose legs are amputated in an accident and with the help of her friend regains the will to live through her (as you put it) "healing via sexuality."

It's surprisingly touching and there's no fuss about the sex which was very surprising considering the subject. It feels very organic. If you haven't seen it, I think you would really like it. It's an all around excellent movie.