Why do girls/women read yaoi?

- Hot men fucking hot men, I mean, it's obvious. - Escapism. Escaping into stories, drama, relationships, you name it. Seeing men be tender and hold each other. There's something special about it as men in regular/mainstream media are presented heteronormatively, and always through the same tropes. - (a particular trope) I like seeing tough, masc......   reply

Not only is it hot af, but I feel like in most cases the men see each other as equals and fall in love naturally. Unlike in the shoujo mangas where the girl is the object to be won, or it is obvious that they're going to catch the feels bc boy+girl. It is also nice to see the themes in yaoi when they overcome the adversity, or are just being true......   2 reply

i like the men! and i just don’t like the image of a vagina tbh…   reply

I like to read all genres as long as the art is good!!! im definitely more of a himejoshi though, dicks look weird to me, but id say with yaoi i like seeing men look pathetic   reply

Since I'm into men, why not look at two?   reply

Females are attracted to males there's no signs to it; why do guys like lesbian porn because they find them attractive and they don't put any thought into the fact that the women are attracted to women and not men, their objectifying them just like how it's objectification on the other side. Another reason could be simply just porn addiction, that'......   1 reply

I don't like this question. It insinuates that there's something wrong with the majority of Yaoi enjoyers being women. However, I will give my reason for liking yaoi. I have been reading yaoi for YEARS and have several that are my favourite. Yaoi for me, provides a more complex storyline, if you look for it, than the straights do. Yaoi has always b......   reply