There’s nothing wrong with liking rape in yaoi, the problem arrives when the rape is romanticized. A good example of rape done well is Harada’s works. Her works clearly illustrate that rape is wrong and damaging and that the characters are greatly affected by it. Fetishization can also mean unhealthy obsession. Which many (mainly straight cis girls) exhibit. Please do some research into the harm your ideas may cause.
get the hell out of MY FACE That crap where you have to show "the wages of sin" went out with the 50's. Artists can write and draw whatever they choose to express with their art. They don't need to "handle it properly" or any conservative bs by your standards. The very idea sickens me. Harada? LOL harada is NOT a good example to make your point. He expresses whatever he wants in his work. Have you read ALL of Harada's work? Harada shows all kinds of ways sexual situations play out. It's not always like "you were a bad person! Now you're gonna get a spanking!" LOL You're no more sophisticated than to be thinking that way? Will you grow the hell up already? This is not a playground for you to teach your little lessons to us kids. I'm an adult so buzz off with that high-blown morality shit. jesus!
If you develop unhealthy obsessions it's on you, not the artist, but it doesn't matter how "fetishized" or "romaniticized" or whatever stupid label you try to stick on an artist's work, no one reads yaoi stories and decides to rush out the door with their dick in their hands. The reasons people rape are a lot more complex and violent than reading some yaoi and deciding "golly gee. rape must be okey dokey." LOL
It's not up to artists to set a good example for society to follow. That's not what artists do, and you don't get a say in how they express themselves. You people need to stop thinking you have some kind of right to push artists around and lean on them to present things in your narrow view of what's proper and righteous. god. snide, self-righteous people like you .....
i don’t think you get the point i’m trying to make and there’s no use in arguing with a brick wall. As an artist myself we have a responsibility to the things we produce and if these works produce real world harm, backlash in the form of condemnation is well within reasonable. But go ahead, continue spitting your dumbass takes. Haradas work is a perfect example because everyone who reads it is like oh shit this is fucked up, as they should. She presents situations as they should be presented. But stay bricked brain smoothbrain ig ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
why do I have to explain this to you after the snotty way you spoke to me? BL, yaoi... is written by women for women for the most part. Are those women out running all the hell over Manhattan trying to sniff in some gay male vapors for inspiration, hanging on gay men's every word? hell no. Yaoi authors might be women, but every woman has a man inside, and authors reach down inside to create male characters and stories that come from deep inside themselves. No more than mr spock is based on little green aliens is yaoi based on gay men. The characters belong to the authors, the female fans (and some asshole men like me) and to the genre itself, no one else.
Tell that to the next ego-maniac lgbtxwhatever who whines that you're fetishizing them
yaoi is written by people for other people and yes the majority of people who read and write it are female but what does that mean to anything? that we shouldn’t try to respectfully portray the romance between gay men. this shit has real life effects on the way people view gay men and even the way it shapes their own views on romance. Normalization of abuse in the media you can consume can normalize it in your own brain which is also a problem in other media. Also artist don’t get a free pass from backlash just because they’re creating something from passion. They’re not some type of people above the rest of us and they need to be held accountable for their actions. Accurate and responsible portrayal should be the standard and just because we see many artists not doing it doesn’t mean it’s right.
AND YOU! CANT YOU JUST STFU FOR FIVE GOD DAMN MINUTES? ARE YOU SLOW??? ARE YOU THAT FUCKING DENSE??? MAYBE IF YOURE GETTING A LOT OF HATE FOR WHAT YOURE SAYING YOU SHOULD RETHINK YOUR DISGUSTING CHOICES LIKE DAMN!
WE GET IT ALRIGHT! YOURE A HORNY PERVERT SO JUST LEAVE!
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I almost puked when you said this: "that we shouldn’t try to respectfully portray the romance between gay men." You're not a gay man, you haven't got a clue what it's like to be a gay man, and when was the last time you saw any of them sticking up for you?
I don't believe you're an artist. You're standing there speaking against freedom of expression. You're no artist. seriously, you go to hell
What does me not being a gay man have to do with anything? Just because i’m not part of a group doesn’t mean i can’t argue on a issue that affects them. And it doesn’t just affect them it also affects the readers. Criticism doesn’t impune on free speech. A publisher refusing to publish a yaoi that includes romanticized rape doesn’t impune on free speech. A true artist understands that their works have real life effects on people who consume it therefore they hold responsibility in the things they produce and their actions. I’m sorry that i care about other people
I have not once in this conversation advocated for the removal of rights for artists. I called for more criticism of harmful works. is it taking away the rights of artists when we ban child porn because there may be an artist behind the production of it? No because artists are people and people take responsibility for their actions. Of course this is an extreme comparison because i’m not calling for the government to ban romanticized rape in yaoi, just for it to be heavily criticized by people because it’s a bad things. Also you may want to look up what a fascist is cause you are so wrong.
Ya’ll stay saying it’s yaoi and yaoi usually has rape get over it. Do you realize how dumb you sound. Just because something is commonplace doesn’t mean it’s okay or should be normalized. it really shows how you fetishize gay men and it’s disgusting. this trend of romanticized rape in yaoi needs to stop. Rape is not cute or romantic and if it is included in a yaoi it should be addressed and handled appropriately. Rape is an incredibly damaging and tramautizing event. and to fall in love with your rapist in your right mine is never heard of.