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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.
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Yaoi is a lot of fetishising or romanticising unhealthy portrayals of gay relationships (e.g. rape being a way to express your feelings, characters being referred to as 'straight' except for the other character), and as much as it's all 'fiction' it can harmful to the LGBTQ+ community. I've seen people say they wish they were male so they could be...... reply
Wow, I don't usually answer the forum much but that question is interesting (=・ω・=)
To be honest, I think any representation is valid. Though it may not always show the best sides of it, Yaoi is still one way to introduce people to gay love. Also, I'm a bit surprised about some of the answers above. I don't know what you guys are reading but...... 5 reply
I mean, sure, it's not a good representation, but it helps people get used to queer culture. It's super fantasized, but it made gay relationships seem more normal to a straight guy like me. I actually stumbled upon it on accident in 8th grade and was oddly intrigued. I don't like shota yaoi, and rape definitely isn't OK in real life, but with the q...... reply
If it has a slice of life or a shounen-ai/ shoujo-ai I think that it will be. I say this because it will be relatable and it show's more than just the sexual relation ship. It's a more accurate representation of the actual relationship. reply
Lmao no, it's usually not good "rep", some softcore bl like given and classmates are good rep tho. But that's not really the point of hardcore bl tho, it's not supposed to be good rep because its just porn. Like I don't know how porn is any way meant to be good rep for the lgbt community if it's just sexual content? It doesn't really represent anyt...... reply
tbh? id rather be fetishized than be discriminated against. so if reading yaoi makes ppl allies and/or realize that theyre lgbt i’d choose that over discrimination any day.
bt as a part of queer culture? no, not rlly. its mostly made by straight women, so eh. reply
I read both the book and the movie from CMBYN and the two characters are definitely queer, elio explicitly expresses sexual fluidity and how beauty does not fit in a binary, however due to everything being set in the past, they decide to decline their queerness and live out heteronormative roles. My intentions aren't to defend the book/movie becaus...... reply
