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Is it really misogynistic
another yearly AO3 discourse where people complained how the top ships in AO3 are mostly compromised of m/m ships by.... shaming the writers who are mostly women themselves? i swear to god these type of complaints in itself is just internalized misogyny. reminds me of that one post "stanning men is so mysogynistic but what else do we expect from stupid fucking women". do they not realize some women read m/m because they can't bring themselves to watch or read about women being "fetishized" or "sexualized" for various reasons could be because of trauma or strict religious households that upholds "purity" and "innocence" of women.
Oh god, i saw the discourse, yea....... EVERY year it comes back and it's so annoying ┑(￣Д ￣)┍
Going by the logic of those that claim "misogyny", those gooner gacha games that only have hypeprsexualized female characters are super feminist right? They're full of women! bffr
It just so happens that straight, questioning and even queer ...... reply
Honestly, I can't defend it that much anymore since it's a mix of what you said (normal people with circumstances) and die hard crazy fetishizing fujos who ship even real people, maul down others who oppose their ships and who just like seeing men fuck each other not because there's a reason other than sexualizing them. The topic comes back every o...... reply
It's not but at the same time that comment about women stanning men is so true; BL got people out here dickriding men without even liking them."Oh he's my favorite", "He's my baby", "I love him". And that's the people who like the toxic and non-toxic characters. reply
i feel like ao3 has a diverse author range writing m/m, i see tons of men/nb writers;;; and i feel like this discussion really has more value outside of romantic content (fluff, found family, angst with little to no romance) because if there's still way more men than women centered there, it's less about attraction (or being too uncomfortable to in...... 1 reply
