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Should Straight people not read yaoi ?
Their are people on twitter who say yaoi is fetishizing of gay couples .. I been reading yaoi for long time and I have never disrespect or fetishize any gay people in real life , I may have ship some kpop idols or anime characters but everyone else did it .. to me I like yaoi and I don't even know why it just make me happy when I read it .. so what wrong with that ?
Why can't straight girls like and read yaoi ? How should I respond to those accusations made by those people ?
There's nothing wrong with reading yaoi. Does it always depict healthy relationships? No. But that doesn't matter because it's fiction. There's plenty of stories out there with abusive straight couples and all kinds of things. For that matter anything deemed problematic for fetishizing is plain stupid. Like, everything is going to be a fetish for s...... reply
It's actually funny how 'straight people shouldn't read yaoi' thing is flying around currently. You literally have it in the Wikipedia for yaoi that says: "It is typically created by women for women and is distinct from homoerotic media marketed to gay and bisexual male audiences, such as bara, but it can also attract male readers and male creators...... 2 reply
I'm a gay dude and like? as long as you don't fetishize the problematic stuff and the people themselves then I honestly don't understand what's the problem with it. Like yeah a lot of the times bl written by cishet women is problematic but there are really good ones written by them too. Like without yall we wouldn't have "dark heaven" which is one ...... reply
That’s like saying shoujo fetishizes straight people. It’s just a fictional story and while a lot of authors are women, there are also men who create yaoi content. Overall it’s a ridiculous claim because you can say it about anything, horror stories fetishise serial killers etc. 2 reply
Straight people can read yaoi. Just listen to gay/bi men when they say they don't like the way they're being represented in media.
Don't ship real people. That is quite literally what we refer to most of the time when we say 'fetishizing mlm'.
Again, straight girls CAN read yaoi. But don't respond to any "accusations" because you definitely are fet...... reply
First, read whatever you want to read, honey. Don't let anyone censor you. Second, what a lot of people responding to these topics don't get is that yaoi--like a lot of fiction--is a metaphor. It was originally conceived for and created by straight women as a means of exploring female sexuality. How does fiction about two men explore female sexuali...... 3 reply
i think its fine. just like how we read gl or sl. as long as u dont fetishize lgbtq+ community and arent homophobic in rl. there is a difference between a casual reader and someone who fetishizes reply
Uh yaoi is a sub-genre of shojo. It’s always been written for women, primarily by women.
So long story short, yaoi was meant for straight women to enjoy.
Maybe you can point those people on Twitter to look up the history of yaoi. reply
