I just give up at this point because people try to argue with this information when it's factual. Ok, read your porn, I'm not stopping you, but if you're gonna argue with me on whether it's the right thing to do, and if it portrays an actual gay relationship, trying to say what me and OP said was wrong you're very much automatically more in the wro......   reply
14 05,2021
I gotta say that within the short time that I've been hanging around in these forums is also the time when I was completely pulled from the outspread shitshow that yaoi is creating. this genre is widely consumed but the same consumers remain blind of its toxic and skewed content. not that I fully blame some of them coz I was in their place once so ......   reply
14 05,2021
idk, at this point all i really care about is proper tagging so that people who want to avoid heteronormative content (which is especially prevalent in the oldies lol) and want to delve into content catered to them, can. bring back the dub/non-con tags im begging. mostly because i loathe the alternative, which is essentially voltron's josh keaton's......   reply
14 05,2021
I HAVE QUESTIONS!!! How nationalist is the average old man over there? What do they teach in the history curriculum about america? or other countries in general? and whats your opinion on america and what ideas do you have on america? and so sorry about bombarding you with these questions ,but just one last one Whats your favorite snack?   2 reply
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14 05,2021
I hate how gay men and other ppl come on here and say its not right for women to read yaoi. I do agree with a lot of your points. A lot of yaoi is badly written with bad concepts, but a lot of it is found entertaining by me and my friends. why do people bash on only yaoi tho in my experience there are more messed up straight hentai than yaoi thats ......   5 reply
14 05,2021
(Sorry for the clickbait)

I know this isn’t the best place to ask this, but I’ve been planning to make a post about why yaoi is bad and I really need some opinions on it (preferably from gay men) here it is:

Disclaimer: I have nothing wrong with men watching lesbian porn or women watching gay porn, as long as they can realize porn doesn’t equal real life or people and keep it private

There are 3 main problems with yaoi; it’s stereotypical and heteronormative, it romanticizes a lot of bad things, and it’s catered toward women, not gay men. The fact that it’s just porn is not the problem, again, I don’t care about your porn preference.

The stereotypes and heteronormativity
One of the biggest stereotypes I’ve seen in yaoi is the top being masculine and rough and the bottom being feminine and gentle. This usually leads to heteronormativity, which is also rooted in misogyny, where they make a gay relationship seem like a straight relationship, by making one more “womanly” and the other more “manly” by giving them traditional roles of a man and a woman.

The whole point of a gay relationship is that they’re the same gender, so there is no “woman” in an MLM relationship and there is no “man” in a WLW relationship. While there are tons of gay relationships where one is more feminine and the other is masculine, not all of them, if not most, are like that. It also enforces the stereotype that gay men are predatory and “sex fiends” due to the fact that most of the stories are just sex.

The romanticization of rape and pedophilia (TW)
Most relationships in yaoi stem from the top raping the bottom. Not only is this unrealistic because no victim would date their rapist, let alone interact with them, it also makes it seem like rape is okay and it’s something the victim can just “get over.” Pedophilia isn’t as common, but it’s still there, and both of these further perpetuate the "gay men are predators" stereotype.

The target audience
Yaoi is a whole genre about gay men, but it’s catered towards women. If a story or show is about a minority, then that minority should at least be the target audience, if that’s not the case, it’s exploitation. It’s similar to how lesbian porn is catered towards men and not women.

Some other issues:
1. Bi, pan, and etc. erasure
3. Giving characteristics to top and bottom
4. Sexualization of minors
5. Some fans straight up fetishize gay men
6. Reduces gay relationships to sex
7. Makes it seem like you can “turn” someone gay
8. Gay men have said that it’s fetishization
14 05,2021
I'm still hungry for KFC, man.
I really want some KFC.
Is it just me?
am I'm the only weird one here.
after all, I am that one guy technically speaking.
And as that one guy, I shall now say goodnight, buenas noches, oidhche mhath, usiku mwema, bonne nuit, Oyasumi, buona notte, s gute Nacht.
14 05,2021
one piece too long for me to start watching now   reply
14 05,2021
I would rather be overrated, but not for the fact the I would be rich. To be overrated, especially like an artist or celebrity, you'd have to be once underrated in a period of your life. Underrated artist get showered with compliments, but are not compensated to their full worth. I feel like an artist/celebrity becomes overrated when their work is ......   reply
14 05,2021

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