[ SECRET POST #6474 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6474 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

The problem I have with this is the notion that people are employing these strategies out of some conscious attempt to advance feminism. I'm particularly put off by your suggestion that completely removing women, having it be all dicks all the time, is in fact feminist and a way to normalize female sexuality. My experience in many M/M spaces is that they are filled with misogyny. Not all, certainly, but to deny that at least some people avoid het because they actively dislike women is ridiculous, particularly when so many are very, very vocal about bashing the female characters who could potentially get in the way of their ships (and often have sections in their fanfic that reduce female characters to atrocious collections of negative stereotypes).

The idea that it can't be pointed out that women are sometimes jealous of other women, because that's a stereotype, is also ridiculous. Men are jealous of other men, as well -- intrasexual competition is a thing, for both genders! And if someone is writing awful, sexist screeds about the female love interest of a male character she finds hot, then saying, "oh no, there can't possibly be any jealousy here" is naive and betrays a total lack of understanding of basic human behavior.

But then, in general, I find that I hate the extent to which people will tie themselves in knots in order to get around the fact that there are fans, including women, who simply do not like women. "But you can't know for sure that this person who slags every woman they comes across and opines about how much better men are, and how much better fiction and porn are when it's only men, has a problem with woman! Maybe they're actually a feminist who's trying to normalize female sexuality!" Give me a damn break.