Absolutely SICK of BLOND UKE STEREOTYPE

You could have skipped this and move on, you know...

I did move on. Doesn't mean I can't comment. I have the same right to uphold my opinion as everyone else does. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Point being that I don't leave a comment on every manga which has lighter haired uke. If I can infer that from the poster, then I just skip it. Even though I am of the opinion that sex position has nothing to do with physical or mental attributes, I learned to see the cues which help me skip the manga. This is like 80 - 90% of the manga on this site.

But it irks me when I start reading the manga and then suddenly I see all stereotypes being defied except for light haired uke stereotype. Or manga like Heat and Run where the hair color defies all logic of genes.

(The following has sensitive content. Trigger Warnings)

What irks me even more is I start reading manga with light haired seme and suddenly he has a tragic past where he was r@ped.

Since I ignore manga with light haired uke, I first thought it was due to my ignorance of any manga with dark haired seme going through the same thing. I then did some research, and found that it was not my ignorance but a fact. Till now I could find only 4 to 5 of those. This applies to not just seme characters, but male characters from non BL genre. This just points to some twisted sense of racial domination or fetishism.

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I am of the belief that unless you acknowledge the problem exists you cannot do anything about it.

If you thing I am ignorant, then please provide me with data and hard facts. I am open to hearing out different opinion.

Note: I do read some manga with light haired uke with exceptional story line.

I don't know much about it but since apparently you have lots of knowledge could you please tell me IF there's any story with a switch couple?

I don't see how this is anyway related to what I said in the comment.

But yes, I can give you a few

https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/neji_no_kaiten/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/life_ain_t_so_bad/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/behind_the_scenes_monologue/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/kabeana_gossip_star/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/haruhe_kaminari/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/mukizu_ja_irarenee/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/why_is_it_you/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/gallarist_ha_aiyoku_ni_oboreru/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/aniki_no_shigoki/

Switch
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/afurete_shimau/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/ai_wa_kane_nari/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/kyuuso_ha_cheese_no_yume_omiru/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/sojou_no_koi_wa_nido_haneru/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/doutei_doudeshou_dj_another/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/koi_to_wa_baka_de_aru_koto_da_dj_reversible/

It's not related AT ALL I'm SO sorry

It's just look like I could ask so thank you so much!

You could literally get better results by doing a simple google search like "Switch Couple mangago". People here go gaga over stuff like that and tag it very well.

i’ve never thought of it as a stereotype cause i never noticed it. most of the bls ive read have either both dark hair or the uke has dark hair would u like some suggestions?

I have been reading BL for over a decade. I have read the very old works as well as the new ones. I can safely say, that the number of manga with uke having lighter hair than seme is way more.

As of 2024-01-20, there are # of manga listed on this site.

Yaoi - 234 (pages) * 48 (per page) = 11,232
Shonen Ai - 82 * 48 = 3,936

Total = 15,168

Excluding Dj from this = 11,943

I have gone through around 6800 to 7200 manga out of this and created a block list for myself. The count as of today is 5856.

This block list count includes manga with
1. lighter haired uke
2. light haired seme who were r@ped as child
3. Seme turned uke
4. Uke turned seme

Manga with #2 to #4 trope, irrespective of hair color are not that high. But even in that, cases with light haired characters are more.

Considering I read 7200 (taking the higher limit here), the block percentage is approx 80%. With this high percentage, it is a stereotype.

I have yet to go through 4,743 works, and I am sure I will find a lot more which I can put in my block list.

Note: The newer works are much more balanced than the older works. Like older works had a 80-90% rate and newer works around 65-75%.

oh wow that’s a lot of research. i read a lot of buff uke bls and they normally have dark hair. can i ask why light hair uke bothers u?

Long story short, I think this stereotype is deeply rooted in Racial Domination and Racial Fetishism.

You can read the long story here if the shorter version is not clear enough.
https://www.mangago.me/home/mangatopic/14315920/

or this.. Contains sensitive content (has trigger warnings)

https://www.mangago.me/home/mangatopic/14613432/