Cosmic Gaything's answer (11)

I think most people who read BL are attracted to men in some way (but that does NOT mean you like them!). I am 100% asexual and aromantic (on a slider from 0 to 100 for sexual and romantic attraction, I'm at 0), but I find men AESTHETICALLY attractive. I have no desire to and have never jerked off to BL, but I wouldn't read it if I didn't like loo......   2 reply

I am not a straight girl, but my educated guess is that they read BL because they find men attractive. Seeing two men in kahoots with each other is twice the fun! :3 Plus, for some girls, straight romance may not be enjoyable if they can't relate to the female protagonists, don't like seeing other girls in romantic or sexual situations, or can't h......   reply

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Absolutely. But I think I have less than others because it's something I actively challenge pretty much every day. A long time ago, my internalized misogyny actually manifested as severe gender-related OCD (OCD tends to latch on to things you care about, and I was OBSESSED with gender). The very concept of womanhood became "contaminated" in my min......   4 reply

As someone studying psychology, I've given this a lot of thought! Here are a few of my takeaways (I have even more thoughts but this is already too long): - We are simply not built to handle the amount of information about other people that is thrust upon us constantly by social media, the 24/7 news cycle, etc. When EVERYTHING is important and ter......   1 reply

That doesn't make you trans. Everything you dislike is a social construct that doesn't define womanhood. Ask yourself these questions: When did you start feeling this way (for as long as you can remember, only recently, etc.)? How do you define being a man/woman? Does being a guy seem empowering in ways you don't have access to as a girl? Do you f......   reply

You know how it's easy to fully engage yourself in a conversation that's happening between two other people, but when you're actually participating in the conversation you end up missing a lot of details? That's kind of how I view things. I engage more deeply with certain types of MLM content because it's as distanced from me as possible, making i......   reply

No, I haven't gone out of my way to support them. And I think that's a bad thing. There's no excuse - one could buy the raws to support the author while ALSO reading the scanlations if there are no official translations. And if you're broke, that doesn't mean you're somehow more entitled to read shit you haven't paid for. Being broke doesn't make s......   reply

I dig it, especially when there's an age gap. Only time I like age gaps   1 reply

I'm a staunch hater of rape, but I'm fine with it in fiction IF AND ONLY IF 1) it's explicitly acknowledged as rape (not like "he pushed him down and had his way with him uwu") and... 2) the victim doesn't fall in "love." Bonus points if they're traumatized afterward   1 reply