Alright, before my rant, I should probably clarify that when I refer to shipping, I mean romance, not just porn.
I don't like the prominance of m/m because it feels like female sexuality is being ignored. Or female CHARACTERS being ignored. There seems to be so much attention given to men everywhere: in movies, ads, any fiction in general. Females are generally shut aside as shallow characters used to fill the requisite "minority" in shows, unless that show is specifically about dating or shopping. There are exceptions to this, and I give kudos to those writers who make female characters feel like "people" rather than "women".
But for some reason, in fanfiction, even when there is just as many or more good female characters than males, who gets all the attention? Men. As usual. It's just a little insulting that the media seems to cater to straight men, and when women have a chance to write stories about women in fanfiction, they write about men anyway.
Just my opinion. I don't mean to be rude or anything, I just wanted to get it off my chest.
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I don't like the prominance of m/m because it feels like female sexuality is being ignored. Or female CHARACTERS being ignored. There seems to be so much attention given to men everywhere: in movies, ads, any fiction in general. Females are generally shut aside as shallow characters used to fill the requisite "minority" in shows, unless that show is specifically about dating or shopping. There are exceptions to this, and I give kudos to those writers who make female characters feel like "people" rather than "women".
But for some reason, in fanfiction, even when there is just as many or more good female characters than males, who gets all the attention? Men. As usual. It's just a little insulting that the media seems to cater to straight men, and when women have a chance to write stories about women in fanfiction, they write about men anyway.
Just my opinion. I don't mean to be rude or anything, I just wanted to get it off my chest.