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Toxic masculinity and conversations around "real men"
It really feels like people think talking like an alpha male podcaster about "real men" is a flex, on this site. Fiction doesn't always need to be realistic, but some people act like feminine men are not "real men" and gay men are only beefy and masculine.
Yes, there are some weirdly proportioned child-like bottoms in Yaoi, but that isn't what twinks are in the first place. Some people use 1-2 examples of those to shit on bodies that aren't hulking muscle mass.
I would like to see more diversity but it's not like people don't absolutely shit on "diverse" characters just for existing.
Fictions doesn't have to be realistic at all. I see feminine male characters get treated like they are women. That's honestly odd. Even if the character is feminine it doesn't make him any less of a man. Also being buff does...... reply