You can read and enjoy yaoi without fetishizing, but the term “fujoshi” itself is largely used by those who do fetishize gay couples. If you catch yourself enjoying things like non-con and shipping actual humans in real life and freaking out over how normal men interact with each other, you’re probably fetishizing. There’s a distinct line b...... reply
Nah...for me it only goes as far as yaoi...yanno fictional manga or anime guys...Maybe it's bcuz I'm asexual...might be different for other fujoshis but gay men are just gay men to me...I don't rlly care about em. They're on the same level as the other sexualities.
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Nope. I don't think that's true. I'm a guy who likes to read yaoi and i have girl-friends who also like to read yaoi. And if someone says women who read yaoi, fetishize gay men, they also mean that men who read yaoi fetishize gay men and t h a t s n o t t r u e.
My first yaoi was Junjou Romantica and I started because I was so tired of the same...... reply
that's not true,
it is reducing the facts to such simple comparisons.
Please give me examples, so I will be able to read that and judge by myself.
It can also be said that people who like to read about romances where couples are heterosexual also objectify and fetish them.
It is so shallow thinking.
maybe it's better to not read at all because I...... 3 reply
hmm if you put it into fetishize words i dont think its true
as for me the first time i heard about yaoi like woow is this real?? (cough, my first yaoi story was so damn gentle, sweet and cool) this is so cool cuz the fact they are gay so the relationship more complicated it is cool cuz they face it togetherr
kyaa so sweet!
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For me I dont think it's true
When I first saw yaoi, I thought ya know, it's only ficinol and gay people don't excist so I read a few more, and then suddenly I found out and Im like wow.
I actually just fetishize men being tied up, I don't care who's doing it ahahahaha. .
Also shoujo is bullshit lame with that stupid ass female and a near ass r...... reply
i dont fetish it, but its enjoyable to read lmao, coming from my own mouth, mind, opinion, or whatever, i dont think i objectify or fetishize gay men since they're just people like the rest of us amirite?, but i read yaoi because i just got bored with romance in general so it was hard finding more animes to watch over time and i became really scare...... reply
I was molested as a child, so seeing someone of my gender be sexualized in any way makes me feel dirty and that's why I started getting into BL.
BL mangas and animes makes me feel safe and I can enjoy reading/watching romance and perverted stuff without any feelings of disgust (as long as it's not underage ish, nor falling in love with abuser/rapis...... 1 reply
For me BL has more diversity in characters characteristics and plots, though it can be cliché like any genre at times.
But a lot of heterosexual characters tend to be repetitive, especially the annoying characters and poorly potrayed female leads that are almost always percieved as weak and senseless in unbelievable ways.
Its more challenging to...... reply
