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do we fetishize gay?
once i got attacked on twitter for saying i like yaoi. many said yaoi fetishizes gay relationships and many yaois have problematic themes. when i said i was actually a lesbian myself they said it was more wrong to be of lgbt community yourself and tolerate such fetishization of gay relationships which are made by straight women for other straight women. some said yaoi is not a good representation it is actually a gross and unrealistic portrayal of mlm relationships, and it actually affect how gay people are treated in real life. what do you think?
in a sense, yes, it could be considered fetishization of gay men. the content in most yaoi mangas are of sexual nature and aimed more at straight women than actual gay men. i don’t think reading it is necessarily fetishizing gay men (yes, that is kind of contradicting my last statements), but it does cross a certain line when you begin connecting...... 1 reply
