Hanging around my guy friends who like anime, yaoi did come up in conversation a few times. And then recently, they found out I am a rabid yaoi fangirl. Once the awkwardness faded, their first response to the description of yaoi was, "So, it's gay porn?"
I didn't quite twitch, but told them heavens forbid if people actually believed yaoi = gay porn.
One of them then professed he likes yuri, and proceeded to regale me with the psychology behind the Utena pairings. *sweatdrop* His eloquent conclusion was that yaoi was homoerotica catered to women in the same way some lesbian porno caters to men.
Needless to say, I found myself wishing all Americans would take things in strides like he did. ^__~
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Woot. Amen to that.
Hanging around my guy friends who like anime, yaoi did come up in conversation a few times. And then recently, they found out I am a rabid yaoi fangirl. Once the awkwardness faded, their first response to the description of yaoi was, "So, it's gay porn?"
I didn't quite twitch, but told them heavens forbid if people actually believed yaoi = gay porn.
One of them then professed he likes yuri, and proceeded to regale me with the psychology behind the Utena pairings. *sweatdrop* His eloquent conclusion was that yaoi was homoerotica catered to women in the same way some lesbian porno caters to men.
Needless to say, I found myself wishing all Americans would take things in strides like he did. ^__~
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