No, at least not me. Yaoi is not a proper representation of the gay male population, it is simply something created by women for women. I acknowledge the genre itself is fetishizing gay men but you can enjoy something without agreeing with it if you don't want to read gay men having sex read the fluffy shonen ai and don't attack me for reading this...... 1 reply
To the 6 years old me " girl, enjoy this time while you can because starting your seventh, things are going to take a downturn. And puberty will be the worst but adolescence will be kind of okay, I guess. Anyway, since it is you, me, we are talking about, I would say" it is going to be okay. life is easy, just don't overthink it too much. And yes, ...... reply
Stop worrying about the future & being afraid of what may/may not come to be, and just enjoy being young with little responsibility and still plenty of chances for trials and errors. You'll find ways to overcome things when it's the time to do so. So don't waste the short and precious youth that you have, getting hung up on the uncertainty of the f...... reply
I would tell my younger self that things will be ok. I was a bit of an angry/depressed kid because I was so uncomfortable with myself (I'm ftm trans) and I'd tell my younger self to not worry so much because you will be able to transition and be happier. I'm now 1 year and 3 months on testosterone and so much more happy. 2 reply
No, I read different types of manga genre as long as it has a good plot/story. And I was really surprised when I first discovered BL, I didn't expect
that a lot of them really has a great story. Many of the BL stories portrays true love better than those stories about heterosexual relationships. It's really strange because It really helped me ...... reply
No.
If someone treats a real gay man as if they are an object to entertain and arouse them, then yes, that would be homophobia and objectifying/fetishizing gay men.
But all you know about women who read yaoi/BL is that they enjoy fiction. Maybe we objectify the characters in BL, but fictional characters are already objects, they're not real. reply
