I personally hate the word fujoshi because it really isn't supposed to be proud of. It means rotten girl, so yes I do think that is a person would call themselves as a fujoshi that is what they categorizing themselves; someone who objectify and fetishize the lgbtq+ community, especially gay men. Of course not all people who enjoys yaoi is one. I am...... reply
I mean... I could spar this with sentences like:
"People who enjoy mature, sexy comics objectify and fetishize straight men and women"
or
"People who enjoy yuri objectify and fetishize gay women"
Get it?
I personally don't see anything wrong with fetishizing something. People are attracted to what they are attracted to, are sucked into whateve...... 3 reply
yea, thats...kind of what fujoshi means. its not that deep
if you aren't creepy about it, then you're just a normal person who reads(?) gay porn. congrats reply
In a way, I guess? Assuming, but there is quite a handful of readers, not women alone, that have never actually met a gay man in their time of reading yaoi. I was one of those until I met my gay neighbor, and was shocked to know that his boyfriend and him are nothing like yaoi fiction.
Yaoi is quite fantasy fueled and tends to be overly romanticiz...... reply
Fuck that. Even if it is true, are people not allowed to enjoy and fetishize whatever they want? As long as you use discretion and respect appropriately. Do not be ashamed about what you like or what you find sexy and attractive. On the opposite side of the spectrum, all women who read yaoi and BL stories do not share the same thoughts and opinions...... 1 reply
*sorry this is going to be looooong*
"Yaoi" itself implies a certain sexual content.
Some yaoi do have plot development - in this case, i see them as your average romance manga (with explicit scenes), but m/m.
However, if we're talking abt a pwp yaoi (meaning they have no plot at all) then i must say it's pretty obvious why ppl would find it hardc...... 1 reply
As an ultra queer person, I guess I got tired of seeing the typical tropes of straight romance ?
I do appreciate whenever shounen/shoujo ai show the struggles of not being straight, or the even rarer struggles of being genderqueer.
I am very aware about the difference between 2D and 3D though, to the point where my preferences between characters...... reply
I don't really know about other people but for me I read them because majority of Shojo heroines getting annoying and I can't help but drop those so I read Yoai as the replacement of Shojos ,,, 2 reply
I love yaoi but for me real life couples are all the same, no matter the gender, so no I don't fetishize real gay men. But I know a lot of people that does and I think that sort of behavior is disgusting and highly disrespectful. reply
