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Monday, January 25th, 2010 07:59 pm

You know what I keep hearing? What pisses me off like no other?

The slasher pov that it is impossible to write a male/female relationship that is equal.

Fuck that.

If you want to write about boys sexing each other, fine, but don't flat-out state that it is impossible for a fictionally heterosexual relationship to ever be equal, as well as implying that every single real world straight relationship is inequal to boot.


Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 04:39 am (UTC)
What?

People put too much stock into gender and sex to begin with, and unfortunately it tends to be particularly bad with yaoi and slash; there's this ridiculous expectation that one partner HAS to be "the woman" of the relationship. I don't know which is more offensive: assuming that there HAS to be a submissive partner in the first place, or that such submission is a "female" quality. :/
Edited 2010-01-26 04:39 am (UTC)
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 05:19 am (UTC)
You said this perfectly and I share your sentiments. I can't usually read/watch slash/yaoi because of how often this is the case.
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 05:23 am (UTC)
It seems that many writers get hung up on what would be a "good slash fic" or "good yaoi fic", rather than remembering that they're writing with characters, not tropes. Two men, two women, a man and a woman, or anything in between - their biological sex isn't as important as how they relate together.

Why can't "romance" or "smut" be sufficient?
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 05:28 am (UTC)
So very true. It just makes me think, like you said, of how much stock is put in gender and sex. And how freaking annoying it is.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 03:27 pm (UTC)
Personally, I'm going with assuming that submission is a female trait, but yes, this reads as wacky, wacky gender/sexual issues in total.