Why do authors seem to treat it as a requirement to use the word "pussy" instead of vagina, vulva, or just genitals?

[superevil7]

I've been curious about something regarding many erotica stories. For some reason, many stories and authors tend to write it out as if it were a strict requirement to use certain slang words for genitalia (e.g. pussy) rather than the proper words for them. Even characters within the story will actively comment on this.

For example, the character of Beth Finch in one of the Naked in School stories once quoted something along the lines of...

"My p - pussy... See, I can say the word..."

She was clearly struggling to say the word because it's obviously not a term that she would have previously used (she was a more "proper" type of girl). Yet, for some reason, she forces herself to say it as if it were a requirement to use this term instead of vagina.

Similarly, in a different story, a younger boy asked the older boy in the room about the genitals of the naked girl that was in the room. The older boy then responded with something like this:

"Well, the actual name for it is the vagina or the vulva, but you can call it a pussy or a coochie..."

The younger boy then decided on coochie because he liked the word.

I have seen this kind of thing in many stories, and I am just wondering...Why?

I mean, I'm not mad about it or anything, but I don't understand the need to emphasize the slang and/or vulgar language. Does "vagina" not arouse as much or something like that?

For me, I actually prefer vagina over any of the slang terms. The sentences:

"Abbie was forced to go to school naked. She nearly passed out while giving her presentation as the whole school stared at her vagina."

That sentence entices me way more than the same sentence, but with the word vagina replaced with the word pussy.

What do you guys think about this?

Think the coochie one was mine
I definitely prefer slang over medical terms. I've used both in my stories, but I think you need to use each in the right context.

"Abbie was forced to go to school naked. She nearly passed out while giving her presentation as the whole school stared at her vagina."

Oh, and if you want to be fully correct, it would be: "Abbie was forced to go to school naked. She nearly passed out while giving her presentation as the whole school stared at her vulva." Not vagina. The vagina is the internal part.

[Rosey]

This is something I've struggled with. I've rarely come across the word "pussy" in real life on this side of the Atlantic, so I prefer not to use it. The term I want to use is "fanny", but I don't because it means something different in other countries and could cause confusion for international audiences.

So far in the story I'm currently writing, I've used "vagina" when portraying the thoughts of a boy who doesn't know its correct anatomical meaning, and "vulva" when it's a girl who knows better than that.

I love seeing the word fanny used in the British sense but agree that it's difficult given the dual meaning. It even brings me briefly out of the story to double check, sometimes going back to check other spellings in the story to check the setting to be certain what it means.

[PhilMarlowe]

I actually like it when a story contains both the medical and slang terms. Parents, neighbors, teachers, etc using the correct medical terms and teenagers using the slang terms.

[TeenFan]

All this back and forth discussion is just Pussyfooting around...lol. Or should I say Vaginafooting to be more correct.

[Rosey]

I actually like it when a story contains both the medical and slang terms. Parents, neighbors, teachers, etc using the correct medical terms and teenagers using the slang terms.

It can be good when the professionals unexpectedly use the slang terms as well.

[PhilMarlowe]

It can be good when the professionals unexpectedly use the slang terms as well.

Or slip into using the slang terms when the professionals are enjoying sex between themselves or with some of the teens.