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do you think yaoi is a good part of the queer culture?
do you you think it's a great representation ? i personally don't think so. i'll take a human example : Call me by your name. masterpiece for sure, but not a good representation: - Fetishism of gay sex - Both are straight but you know just... waiting for the right girl - Minor x Adult. not a good relationship tho.
No, it was never intended to represent the reality or norms in malexmale relationships. It's like how settings in shoujo manga aren't a good basis on how to have a successful relationship between hetero couples.
These are just works of fiction that are made to feed and satiate our own fantasies. 2 reply
I do not believe Yaoi is a part of queer culture, neither is Yuri a part of lesbian culture, and those depicting straight relationships are not a part of straight culture either. Manga in and of its self is all fiction/fantasy, written in the perspective of the author. It may have a hint of realism to draw readers in, but that is about it. I just w...... 2 reply
yaoi is most definitely not a good rep for us. girl we already get yelled at for breathing i would rather not have a "cumming into his pubic bone" as a rep for the gay community reply
I don't think yaoi is good for anyone. It can be damaging towards the LGBT community and the people who read it as well. We've all seen the crazy fujoshi or two. The type that fetishizes gay men and sees them simply as sex objects. Maybe some of them already thought like that, but most think that way because of the portrayal of gay men in yaoi. Tha...... 1 reply
I think, yaoi, generally speaking, is the last thing anyone should read if they are trying to understand gay men. Straight women know nothing about what it means to be a gay man. However, their work always gets attention. I have seen countless novels as well written by women about gay men and rarely if ever seen the same attention towards gay men t...... 2 reply
