I agree with almost everything, but I have to say that I somehow find graphic depictions of sex in drawing format way less jarring than real porn. Growing up I ended up on porn sites pretty early and I was fascinated, curious, but it also felt wrong because I was looking at these human beings only as sex objects. When you watch porn you must forget...... 1 reply
Yes!! Also, people need to recognise that a majority of these stories are coming from places which are still extremely homophobic, so any and all stereotypes that they perpetuate to a largely straight audience is even more harmful!!
Just wanna also add: I mean there’s a reason why porn is 18+, just because young children are exposed to it doesn...... 2 reply
Ok so, I’m 21 ( I’m a girl) and around 4 years ago I started to read manga ( yaoi, shoujo, slice of life and not really interested in Yuri ).Recently, I’m getting this feeling of talking and being more intimate with a female friend of mine ( we are not that close, but during quarantine we started to talk more). And I don’t know what to do, ...... reply
What you have said is valid and I agree with a lot of the clear-headed points made. I do think the BL genre as a whole is moving forward, even if only slightly, as there is a fair amount of non-toxic and healthy relationships being portrayed recently (although of course the problematic portrayals still do exist). Regarding the minors consuming BL i...... 1 reply
To me, being unable to differentiate yaoi/bl from gays in real life is not right. But then you definetly have a point that we do the same for heterosexual relationships : I think people just notice it less bc yaois have a more "negative" point of view on them since they're homosexual relationships (yes we r in 2020 and still facing such problems).
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Fetishization of any people group is bad. But bad representation of lgbt people and other marginalized groups, aka not straight cis people, can be the difference between getting rights and getting killed. 1 reply
ikr 12-year-olds out there romanticizing a TOTAL PSYCHOPATH like Sangwoo, saying things like: "OMFGGG HE IS SO HOT I WISH HE COULD BREAK MY ANKLES TOO" "I WANNA MARRY HIM" girl IF YOU WERE IN YOONBUM'S PLACE WITH ALL OF THAT CRAZY SHIT WOULD YOU STILL BE SAYING THOSE THINGS??????? And, I've seen some comments on some tiktok vids with boys with the...... 2 reply
