Gingin's Things

Do you guys realize how boring this is getting? Yaoi isn't a realistic depiction of gay relationships. It isn't meant to be. It's written by and for women. The uke is the stand in for a female reader. It's not a gay stereotype. It isn't a gay fetish. It's a metaphor. Don't like it? Maybe because it's not for you. Maybe move on? Go back to your Wedn......   3 reply

I read this carefully and all of the replies that complain that people aren't listening to what you're saying but really, what ARE you saying? What is it you want? "By no means am I saying you shouldn't read yaoi." Well, that's good because you don't get to tell anyone what they can and can't read. "But what I am saying is that ya'll need to st......   8 reply

First, read whatever you want to read, honey. Don't let anyone censor you. Second, what a lot of people responding to these topics don't get is that yaoi--like a lot of fiction--is a metaphor. It was originally conceived for and created by straight women as a means of exploring female sexuality. How does fiction about two men explore female sexuali......   3 reply

Awful lot of bullshit being dumped here. First and foremost, nobody gets to police what other people read or how they interact with it. Yes, even the "problematic" topics in question here. You don't like it. You don't understand it. That doesn't mean other people have the same feelings and reactions that you do. It doesn't mean they don't need the ......   reply