Women who like to watch gay porn

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Interesting article by Lisa Scott on Metro.co.uk even if I don't agree with her in this claim

"Watching and reading gay male porn also allows women to explore unchartered territory. When women are faced with a male and female romance or sex scene, they naturally associate with the female. When it's men-only, you can be whatever you fancy - submissive or dominant."

I have my theory, an evolution of Laura Kinsale's theory on why women read romance; Kinsale said that when a woman read a romance she identifies herself in the hero, not in the heroine, and this is the reason why some female authors have so strong male characters. So, for me, I read M/M romance since I have the chance to identify me in TWO characters and not only one; in other words, no one of the main characters in the book has a lesser role, they are both protagonist.

http://www.metro.co.uk/metrosexual/article.html?Women_who_like_to_watch_gay_porn&in_article_id=356386&in_page_id=8&in_a_source=

Comments

[angelabenedetti.livejournal.com]

It's always entertaining to find that a member of the mainstream press has just discovered slash. :) They're completely ignorant of the years and decades of thought and discussion on the subject, so they come up with the first shallow explanation that pops into their heads and sounds sorta reasonable and publish it as fact. They're so far behind in this race that they've been lapped a dozen times, but they don't even notice because they're so focused on themselves and their experience and their opinions. One of these days, a mainstream media writer is going to actually do some serious research on the subject rather than just publishing their own blatherings and I'm going to fall off my chair in shock.

Angie

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you ever find that article... maybe for a time it will be an opinion from a woman who actually read something on the matter she is talking.

Elisa

[angelabenedetti.livejournal.com]

If I ever do run across that article, I'll definitely post a link in my journal. :D

Angie