Their are people on twitter who say yaoi is fetishizing of gay couples .. I been reading yaoi for long time and I have never disrespect or fetishize any gay people in real life , I may have ship some kpop idols or anime characters but everyone else did it .. to me I like yaoi and I don't even know why it just make me happy when I read it .. so what wrong with that ?
Why can't straight girls like and read yaoi ? How should I respond to those accusations made by those people ?
I am straight and I do read yaoi. I don’t find it odd. In the beginning, weren’t the target readers of yaoi straight females? I could be mistaken but that’s what I’ve heard. Also as long as you don’t think that real life works exactly the same way yaoi does and as long as you don’t fetishize gay couples I don’t think it’s bad. 2 reply
people are allowed to have their own tastes. you like guys. what's better than one guy but two guys?? together???? it makes sense.
i prefer bl at times because as someone with a vagina, seeing sex scenes where a vagina is involved makes me uncomfortable. ive gotten used to het adultoons, but it's still awkward for me. some people just have tastes. ...... 3 reply
In that case I guess gay people can't read Shoujo manga/manhwa, Men can't read yuri manga, straight people can't watch movies like love simon, and everyone can stay inside their only little sexuality boxes, hm?
If it's an argument about yaoi tropes being toxic I get it, but bl in general as well as shounen ai are fine.
As an artist myself, I w...... 4 reply
It's just currently full of really gross or twisted stories of MLM couples, and a lot of fans don't see any problem with it. Even more moderate yaoi (those without the incredibly reoccurring sexual assault themes) use harmful stereotypes towards MLM. Did you ever seem to notice how the "seme" is almost always some sort of emotionless, strong, very ...... 7 reply
honesty, i think as long as you dont fetishize gay men or gay relationships you are fine. Liking yaoi isnt a crime lol so to all those people saying that its "bad" fuck off cuz yaoi is better then anything else. (╬￣皿￣)凸 1 reply
as someone part of the lgbtq+ community I think a lot of people now are misusing the word fetishizing and just randomly placing it where it doesn't make sense. I think anyone should be allowed to read whatever type of romance they want. the problem comes when a straight girls ONLY read BL and for example dont read GL or is disgusted by GL or any ot...... reply
To the people justifying it by saying "With that logic, gay guys can't watch/read anything focusing on a straight couple or they're fetishizing straight people" I have to strongly disagree. I think most if not all MLM would rather read/watch something that was MLM but there aren't as many options for us since society considers heterosexuality as th...... 4 reply
