Does Yaoi exploit gay men and do we care?
Wow, what a question to start off with when I've been absent pretty much all summer, huh? From what I've seen out there in author-land, there seems to be some polarizing views on what Yaoi and M/M romance written by and for a female audience (yes, I know many men like it, too, and I think I've already covered this ground in "Yaoi versus M/M Romance: What's the Difference") should be and how it may or may not affect the gay community.
Let's take the first part of this, shall we? Does Yaoi...
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Aug 04, 2010 04:17AM
Yaoi and m/m both have very very different style! Yaoi is all dreamy,not realistic at all!I mean all those handsome boys and their girly yukes :P ! I won't say m/m stories r realistic but atleast they have a lil touch of reality. Still I'm a fan of both :)
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Me too, as in I'm a fan of both;) I would also say that M/M tends to stick more to reality. I'd put Yaoi at one end, M/M Romance in the middle and Gay Romance (written by and for gay men) at the other. Of course, then you have those of us that sort of fudge the lines between them all:)
hahaha well said; but I never knew there's also a part called gay romance :O .I thought m/m covers for all :( Have to search for it :P
