just because a couple isn’t hetero doesn't mean that people who read the story are fetishizing homosexuals. even if a gay or lesbian story includes smut or sex, it isn't 'fetishization' to read it. Fetishizing a sexual orientation is different from watching/reading smut.. if you compare real gay/lesbian people to the term "yaoi"/"yuri" or if someone sexualizes sexual orientation(s) then THAT is fetishization. an opposite gender reading gay erotica or lesbian erotica is no different from anyone reading straight erotica. In a way saying "reading lgbtq smut as a heterosexual is fetishization" really sounds somewhat like you're comparing and neglecting lgbtq+ representation. same with gay or lesbian porn, do you feel the same way if [lesbian] non-binary person gets turned on by "yaoi"? or if a [gay] non-binary person gets turned on by "yuri"? ..porn is porn. no one's "sexualizing" anyones sexual orientation, (some) people can get turned on by whatever. i can see how you find an opposite gender/sex reading LGBTQ smut uncomfortable but don't speak up for the whole community because in a way, it is LGBTQ representation. if a person ACTUALLY fetishizes and makes "yaoi" their whole personality then of course, that's not wanted representation and we as a community can all [insult/] educate them.
You guys are just making these questions for internet points now. We’ve already established that, while it is not *inherently* fetishistic, many people *do* read BL/GL because they’re objectifying the same-gender aspect of it. You guys are just regurgitating the same shitty opinions as if they haven’t been addressed already. 1 reply
Yeah it isn't necessarily fetishisation. Just that majority of the erotica in question is fetishistic. By cishets, for cishets, basically objectifying queer dynamics and adjusting it to their liking.
Not to mention, so many straight men think of wlw as something inherently sexual. I really don't get what you wanted to speak up about. But I feel li...... reply