BL and Gender

Honestly, today I read a bunch of posts that made me wonder why the BL community cares so much about gender. People often say, 'BL is made by women for women,' or 'Mangago’s target audience is women, so why is there this incel content here?' I think the idea that Mangago is for women likely stems from the BL content, but Mangago is a pirate website and isn’t trying to target anyone specifically.

Another point is, why do people assume that straight men can't enjoy BL smut? Why must they be attracted to men or be gay in denial to like BL? Maybe they simply like some aspects of BL that they don’t find in GL or straight hentai? For example, I know someone close to me who enjoys lesbian porn more than straight or gay but she is straight I know she is straight her attention is only on men she likes men but she says she like lesbian porn because there are some aspects to it that you don't find in straight porn or the gay one.

I think it’s unfair to categorize people so rigidly; we each have unique feelings and thoughts. Sexuality is much more complex than just saying, 'If you watch XXX, then you’re Y.'

Also, I’ve seen comments that say BL authors often use she/they pronouns and that it's rare to see a 'he.' Maybe authors prefer 'they' because they don’t want people assuming they're gay? Which could make them uncomfortable? Especially since homophobia is still a big issue in Asia. While I'm sure BL fandom is mostly women people often underestimate the number of male audiences.

Anyway, I'm not attacking anyone if you are interested I like hearing your opinion.