1) Yaoi (which is called Boy's Love or BL for short in Japan, and which I will refer to as BL for the rest of this answer) is a safe space for women.
If a woman is on a train seen reading explicit manga with heterosexual sex, she will be identified as easy or available by the men around her. (In the same way that men will interpret some kinds of c...... reply
Why is everyone bashing on hetero girls when there are plenty of bi girl and lesbian fujoshis out there?
Also, the genre was created for a female audience reply
Bisexual Homoromantic and sexually polyamorous. Basically I'm a female that is sexually attracted to people who identify as male, female, or a non binary identity while I'm only romantically attracted to women and female aligned enbys. I also enjoy having sexual relationships with multiple partners, but prefer to only have one romantic partner. reply