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https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/otaku_ni_yasashii_gal_wa_inai/

this probably isn’t the same reason for other girls who read mainly or strictly yaoi but for me i used to identify as a trans gay boy but after a couple of years as identifying as such i realised i had gotten more comfortable in my feminine side and preffered being a girl but i just kinda stayed reading yaoi mostly because like straight romance and yuri and stuff are so obviously directed towards a male audience and iversexualise the women SO MUCH compared to how yaoi does it

K im not the type that says that stuff I js read and go but this is my personal reason: you referred romance I could relate to, but the thing is im single asf and seeing straight couples be cute n shit is nice sometimes but sometimes it acc makes me wanna die bc I want that so bad iykwim so I rather read stuff I cant relate to lmao, ya it’s pathetic but it is what it is n I dont let this stuff effect how I view real life ppl cus like what

So, the oversexualization of women is an issue? I agree 100%, its the reason I don't read much smut anymore. But at what point does it become an oversexualization of men? Its not like yaoi characters aren't oversexualized the same way female smut characters are.

This makes a lot of sense. I'm so glad you dont let it affect how you treat real life men LMAO.

Maybe because there isn’t a power imbalance from the start ? It’s also less likely to include misogyny ? And that the sexualisation is on a man instead of a woman, which can be quite refreshing coming from the oversexualisation of the female body. Also, usually female characters are lacking complexity, so in that case you can’t actually relate to them. Reading BL, there is more chance that it doesn’t happen since there are more male artists, who can relate more and put more thought into their male characters ? You can really see that in GL, especially here in mangago they are in majority flat characters and sexual fantasies drawn by men.

Sorry I read myself again I didn’t mean to be aggressive ╥﹏╥
My question marks meant I’m searching for answers and that maybe it’s the case for a part of female readers ╥﹏╥ ╥﹏╥

This explains it perfectly for me. Just read it starting from this page
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/i_want_to_be_the_wall/mkk/br_chapter-138307/pg-11/

Yup and BL characters are usually rlly unrealistic and caricatured to the point where you can’t really see them in real life ppl even if u try lmaoao

omg i was just going to link this manga too. i dont read just bl (and im not even into men) but i think a huge reason why i read a lot of it is because it is unrelatable and in a sense is sort of like a form of escapism

I used to read BL a lot but now I have stopped cause not much good plot. I stopped reading straight a few years before that cause I ran out of good plot there too. And noone writes classic stuff anymore, neither BL nor straight. That's the whole reason I swap swap. ┗( T﹏T )┛

yeah but it’s in a different way imo like men are usually drawn in a way that’s like good and amazing like they’re drawn buff and hot and amazing and cool dude whatever but women when drawn in a sexual setting are like submissive little creature that can’t do anything and needs a big strong man like if i were to choose which one i’d want to be i’d obviously be choosing the guy who’s oversexualised in a way that makes him feel amazing than the woman who is shown to be weak and dumb

It's bc a bl relationship is smth they can never have and that fact gives them the satisfaction. They view it as cuter and more wholesome bc it's two men instead of a woman. Most of those women would find it cringe if a straight male character in a manhwa treated a girl the way the bl characters treat their partner (especially in manhua). Especially if those women are straight, it just makes sense that they prefer to see two men's bodies on each other rather than a girl. Bc they don't find it appealing. That what we call fetishism lol. It gives off the same energy of when straight men jerk off to strictly only lesbian porn. Anyways I think it is weird when a straight girl can't stand reading a straight story or a gay girl can't stand reading a gl. It's giving "I'm insecure and pathetic so I hate seeing other ppl who are like me be happy" it's the satisfaction of not being a man that keeps their pathetic selves only read bls lol

i used to love to read straight romance but after i got introduced to bl (due to my ppl pleasing tendencies), i got hooked and couldn't go back to reading het romance anymore cuz i've been bitchless since birth and a cupioromantic, so when i see those fls getting a happily ever after w a hot guy, i become green w jealousy (petty reason ik ) also seeing two hot guys making out is hot and maybe a teeny bit of dick envy as well. NOTE THAT I'M NOT A MISOGYNIST!! i read gl as well

SAME GURL

Oomf. Im a woman but I loved reading BL/Yaoi idk sumthing about the stories draws me out to read them and yeah Im single af

Samee

for me, it’s just that i like looking at cute guys. there ARE some other factors. for example, in BL, there is ultimately a sense of equality between the two men even if one of the men is ‘lesser’ in comparison to the other for whatever way that may be. we live in a very patriarchal society that will follow even in the content we consume so i find that even if i read a manga about a straight couple and the woman is supposed to be seen as the more dominant one, the man will still be viewed and portrayed as ‘superior’ due to what his gender is. but like yeah the main reason is that i prefer looking at guys more than women

(please excuse any grammatical errors,i am sleep deprived)
I dont speak for all readers and I'm basing this as someone who've mainly read chinese bl novels than manhua/hwas in her lifetime. I love infinite-worlds, quick transmigration ,mecha and esper novels, and the only novels I've read that doesn't suck on balancing world building and romance that kind of genres is BL (or shounen...but shounen don't have romance) so yeah it actually just "the plot" for me LOL.

Also in romance aspects, it's romance that would never happen to me,cause ofc I'm a lady. It has a different feeling seeing two of the opposite gender feel inlove, I don't see myself on their shoes nor do i feel like inserting myself to be any characters. I dunno if it make sense but whenever i read straight novels i feel like I'm obliged to feel the way she felt in that moment,and that gives me an ick. I wanna feel like a random stranger seeing two peoples love bloom from afar. (Although in literal aspects, i am a stranger in their fictional story LOL)

Just wanna add, i think my opinion dont matter cause i am an avid reader of straight romance, BL and Action/Shounen stories and I've seen the good, the bad and the worst of these three genre, so I can't say nor anyone can say one genre is better than the other nor can we judge one genre without looking at how bad the other genre is.