With the amount of women/straight women reading bl you’d think they’re reading it because they’re both men but they don’t treat bottoms as men. Bottoms are constantly portrayed AND treated like women(in a weird caricaturistic/misogynistic way) … not to say that men that are feminine are automatically seen as women, I don’t think that’s the case much irl. I’m talking about in the bl realm. This is just something I’ve noticed a lot and I wonder if anyone else agrees or noticed the same thing. I’m always finding they’re throwing the word “slut” around for sexually active bl bottoms but rarely for bl tops. (The bottoms are usually untouched virgins too…) like it’s so weird especially since the audience is primarily female it weirds me out how people are accepting this. Like the dynamic of straight women reading bl is so weirdly interesting to me (like how some find it more acceptable men get raped in comics than women) Are women reading bl treating bl bottoms as self inserts?? Do you guys find this weird? What’s your thoughts!?
I think because it's written by women they imagine gay bottoms to have similar experiences to them because they're feminine maybe? Idk I mean ik some women draw their bl bottom weird too like they don't know what an asshole looks like so they draw it like a pussy or they draw a man with a pussy and the fucking top forced then to transition for some...... reply
Mmm maybe but then I think personally, there are a lot of straight romance like this too. I’m not sure about in the manga/manhua etc. realm, BUT IN THE ROMANCE BOOK REALM. I’ve seen women on TikTok read descriptions of straight romance and I’m like”this is the same if not WAY worse than the bl I read lol”. So idk. ALSO I think it’s a c...... 1 reply
I mean you just have to look at the prevalence of rape in bl. I'm not defending these stories by any means, but the reaction to rape in a hetero story is much harsher than a gay one. Even something like the trope of setting up that a guy's a cheater or scummy or something just to justify them being raped. 1 reply