Why yaoi is so popular

It makes you think it's huge when in fact it's just one sad person BBCode. Veredin Offline Joined: Mar Posts: Chiibi Offline Joined: Nov Posts: Kinda why I stopped reading it so long ago myself. Twillruu Offline Joined: Sep Posts: Sometimes I really believe it's real in Togashi's heart , I mean , I'm not a damn fujoshi but man He's read yaoi's apparently.

And then there's shit like this He's teasing us. Satan Offline Joined: May Posts: I like how you worded it. Gon and Killua. My two baby boys.

Maybe because there exists people who are open-minded about such relationships BBCode Signature removed. Most yaoi anime are shit Yaoi mangas where the good yaoi is at but yeah don't watch garbage like junjou it makes the yaoi gods cry BBCode. Mayuka Offline Joined: Jul Posts: Please remember my answer is you. It's the same with why straight guys like yuri, if you like one 2D girl engaging in sexual activity then two is even better.

It's not really that popular, I guess it's just the passionate fangirls. Aslt Offline Joined: Aug Posts: Katanah Offline Joined: Jun Posts: I can understand why people would like men on men action instead men on sister action BBCode. Vargnatt Offline Joined: Sep Posts: OT: Because some people consider two dudes fucking each other hot like me for example.

But yaoi anime is not even popular. Yeah, manga, maybe but anime not so. BBCode The anime community in a nutshell. And yeah some fujos like shipping canon pairs or things very close to canon. Some people hate domestic slapstick abuse but I will take that times over sexual abuse which certainly does make up a huge part of the yaoi genre; let's be honest here.

Swagernator Offline Joined: Apr Posts: Kei Offline Joined: Mar Posts: So the question is why do some women like slash and yaoi. There are a ton of different reasons, just as many as there are women that like it.

Some would say that two pretty boys together are hot. Suburu and Sei-chan are hot together. A slash example would be after the LOTR movies, everyone started Aragorn and Legolas stories, when the stories based off the books would be Legolas and Gimili. But after watching the movie, who would what to picture Gimili? Another reason would be the emotional attachments that two men can have. These are just theories like i said. Every woman likes something different. Sometimes I want something funny and cute- so I pick up "Eerie Queerie", maybe I want some thing hot- last volume of "Fake", and maybe I want something emotional- "Banana Fish".

So I guess there's your answer- there is no one reason. Last edited by Arachne on Wed Oct 27, pm; edited 1 time in total. One of the complaints many slash fans have about yaoi is the fact that there is always one top and one bottom.

Sei-chan is always a top and Suburu is always a bottom. A better arguement for breaking free of normal sex roles would be the gender-switch. These are girls breaking out of traditional female roles and to the surprise of the males around them, the males find themselves attracted to the girls anyway.

I hate this topic. A LOT of girls have told me they enjoy homosexual sex between two guys, although maybe not as much as some guys enjoy lesbian sex. And BTW, I'm a heterosexual male and I greatly enjoy shonen ai and yaoi, as long as they have an underlying plot and good characters. All you have to do is look beyond the surface. They're just doing it to look tough and not allow others to doubt their sexual orientation.

Shunning homosexual manga based on the homosexuality is very similar to shunnin interracial relationships if you haven't had one. OK - yaoi fangirl here!

Now these, of course, are my views only I'm the only yaoi reader that I know, must of the other women I know who are potentially inclined that way - and that seems to be a lot - are into slash fanfiction reading and writing or real-life man-on-man action. As one said, 'there is nothing sexier in this world than two cute men kissing'. For me this follows into yaoi - sexy guys doing stuff together.

I like looking at attractive men real or drawn , I like looking at attractive naked men. And where one man good, two men better and hot - though more than that, I get confused! With two men these are less defined, more interesting - it can be fun to see a man being wooed by a man in the same way that we are. It gives an interesting perspective and can often be sexy too! It can also be nice just reading about two men being close and affectionate or passionate with each other - without all the normal macho crap.

I get bored with sexy and desirable being linked to women. In yaoi and gay stuff, it's the men who are which is great. Joined: 19 Oct Posts: 14 Location: Classified.

I have to agree with Vicwic that one of the most appealing things for me, about yaoi and shonen-ai is its originality. Ehehe, as a pretty big yaoi--well, shounen ai, really--fan, let's see Yaoi is an almost entirely female fandom.

What is it that makes women like this gender so much? In this article, we will unveil the secret of fujoshi. Some are actually lost and devour this material without control. The fact that a girl reads these works does not mean that she is LGBT. Why this question? I realize that the number of men who like the yuri gender is much smaller than the fan base of women who like the yaoi gender.

It is common to find girls at events wearing writing shirts I Love Yaoi and things like that, but nothing about the Yuri genre. I myself cannot see grace in yuri, much less in yaoi, besides going against my principles. Understand something, have principles and dislike it is different from having prejudice! The fact is that we should not include women in this world, because not all anime fan girls like this genre, some hate it!

Each person has their own tastes and reasons to like or dislike something. Another important thing that we need to highlight is that most yaoi works are written by women. So it is obvious to think that the yaoi gender was made more for women than for homosexuals. Searching on various places on the Internet I will try to answer why women like yaoi.

This result is in line with previous studies that found men having higher motivation to seek sexual content on the Internet than women [ 38 , 39 ]. A cross-cultural study involving 25 European countries revealed that the highest perceived lesbian, gay and bisexual LGB acceptance was observed in Denmark, Netherlands and Sweden, whereas the lowest level of acceptance was reported in Ukraine and the Russian Federation.

Hungary was the 19 th most accepting country of the 25 European countries [ 40 ], reflecting a relatively low level of acceptance. It is possible that non-heterosexual viewers identify with yaoi characters more easily than heterosexuals and consume yaoi to resist or temporarily escape a heterosexist culture. The Pure entertainment dimension suggests that yaoi serves a function consistent with that of other media; that is, the entertaining and relaxing aspects of media consumption also appeared in studies exploring the motives for using mass media e.

This is somewhat surprising, given previous research in the U. Further research seems necessary to determine whether this may be a culturally specific difference. One possible explanation for this finding could be that younger yaoi consumers have higher levels of sensation-seeking compared to older consumers, as was proposed by Vettehen and Nuijten [ 43 ] in relation to motivations for viewing television news stories.

In summary, the present study provides a more nuanced picture of the motives underlying yaoi media consumption and offers a comprehensive, multidimensional instrument to assess them in a reliable way.

However, this study has some limitations that should be considered for future research. Furthermore, this model has been developed primarily within a Hungarian and U. Second, the convergent and divergent validity and test-retest reliability of the developed assessment instrument should also be examined in future research. Finally, due to the large variety of yaoi media forms e. However, the primary aim of the development of the YCMQ was to create an assessment instrument that assesses motives for consuming yaoi content in a wide range of related media.

Despite these limitations, the findings of present study support previous qualitative research on yaoi consumption and provide researchers with a basis for further quantitative research on yaoi media consumption motives.

The Yaoi Consumption Motives Questionnaire YCMQ demonstrates strong psychometric properties and proves to be an adequate assessment instrument to assess the considerably full range of yaoi media consumption motives. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. PLoS One.

Published online Jun Francesca Chiesi, Editor. Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Received Sep 15; Accepted May This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Associated Data Data Availability Statement Data from this study are available upon request due to ethical restrictions. Abstract In recent years, yaoi has been increasingly popular among youth interested in Japanese media such as anime and manga.

Introduction Japanese media e. Materials and methods Participants and procedure Data collection was carried out using an online survey focusing on sexual behaviors and pornography consumption habits. Measures Data regarding major demographic characteristics gender, age, and sexual orientation were collected. Item construction The aim of the present study was to explore the underlying motives for yaoi media consumption.

Results Descriptive statistics The majority of participants Open in a separate window. The second-order model In order to seek explanation for the high correlations among all motive factors, two higher-order factor models were also estimated: a second-order model with one second-order factor and a bi-factor model that specifies both a single common factor and nine specific factors.

The bi-factor model In addition to the second-order model, the impact of general attitude factor was estimated on each item. Fig 1. Testing measurement invariance across gender and sexual orientation Results of the measurement invariance analysis based on the bi-factor model are presented in Table 3.

Table 3 Tests of invariance in gender and sexual orientation on the bi-factor model of yaoi consumption motives. Discussion The present study investigated the motives behind yaoi media consumption. Data Availability Data from this study are available upon request due to ethical restrictions. References 1. Welker J. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi; Mizoguchi A. US-Japan Women's Journal. Thorn M. Noh S. Suzuki K. What can we learn from Japanese professional BL writers?

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