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Is reading BL bad? Does it fetishize gay men?
Does it really generally fetishize gay men? I thoroughly understand that a lot of BL material portray sex heavily especially on the Yaoi genre. A more typical position as to why reading BL is bad is because it fetishizes gay men. Does it really fetishize them? Is the fandom that toxic? (I have a vague idea about this, but what I find problematic is the shipping of irl people as well as the disregard on the normalization of rape and dubcon.) Hence, Is reading BL bad?
I read BL and have been invested of it since 2017. Now, I've been curious if this interest of mine in reading BL is really healthy. I acknowledge that like other stories in the market (whether it be gay or straight), it is still just a fiction. So, I am curious if reading BL is really fetishizing gay men and if people should stop reading and making them in general. thanks.
You know people from 2021 were so insanely ignorant, yaoi obviously fetishizes gay relationships and makes them extremely heteronormative. I dont see why people dont think its fetishizing i mean?? It fetishizes homosexuality so the details like being a rich CEO are not relavent at all. A simple google search will back this up but either way readin...... 2 reply
the only valid thing that i know is that you can read all the BL you want, but don't fetishize real life gay people and gay men and don't be reading or watching gay porn and be homophobic to real gay people, now that's fetishizing. Go be a fujoshi and a fudanshi but respect real life people, it's all that matters. reply
Yaoi is essentially gay porn so obviously it’s fetishizing gay men. My advice to everyone who reads it is that consume yaoi in moderation, branch out to other genres and don't read too much porn and get addicted to it when you're not even a grown adult. Remember addiction to anything is bad, you may not realize it but porn addiction will negat...... reply
There is no normalization of rape. There can't be, it's too horrific. Statistics show more than 50% of women masturbate to rape scenarios at some point. NOT because they want to be raped, but so they can explore sex in a "safe environment", their imagination... where it is under their control. It is in no way toxic. and psychologically, has littl...... 1 reply
idc what y’all sayin but it is. IF and only IF you’re a grown ass cis woman reading 2 GROWN ass boys fucking. LIKE ????? i’m sorry but ain’t no way u reading it for « the plot »
ofc if it’s just romance but not yaoi that’s just manga atp.
AND for y’all who r saying « yes it’s just fiction » hun please go outside take a b...... 3 reply
If you’re doing the “omg I ship you guys!” To mfs irl then yes you have a problem. It’s fine to enjoy good romance but you should do everything in moderation. Some chicks on this site jerk it to only gay comics and say all kinds of gross shit about the characters. If you’re being obsessive over gay relationships in comics then you probabl...... reply
No but addiction of anything is bad
I remember I met a guy who's over crazy and obsessive about yuri but hate bl/gay he
He used to said gay is sin and yuri is pure
Then I tell him stfu
Sexuality is a person's personal choice 1 reply
Bl is a romance genre, it's not inherently sexual so no, reading it is not fetishizing gay men. Alot of people forget that fetishizing someone means viewing them as if they are a sexual object, like for example shipping two random gay men just because they are gay, calling them "real life bl" etc all examples of actual fetishization. Just because a...... 1 reply
