the role of yaoi/anime bL in the “gay” tif (specifically tumblr/twt) community

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[–]slushpilot 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It really does sound like a flipside kind of "pornsickness" though.

Saying the problem is not in the drug but only in you is really oversimplifying.

[–]just_lesbian_things 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Anime is more than gay porn. It's essentially Japanese cartoons, though some would say it covers all Asian cartoons. There's as much, if not more variation in topics compared to western animation. Pokemon is an anime. Saying "anime is a mistake" is like saying cartoons are a mistake. At some point, people need to take responsibility for their own choices.

I'm a little tired of white anglophones blaming an entire medium of eastern storytelling just because some white teenagers are using it as an excuse to act out or whatever. This misconception is on the level of ridiculous older asians saying that homosexuality is western corruption. People need to get a grip. Anime didn't make white kids trans, and Hollywood movies didn't make me gay. Correlation isn't causation.

[–]slushpilot 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You said "let them take responsibility for their own choices"...

My point is that young people can easily develop unhealthy obsessions with media—especially unrealistic sexual/pornographic media—and I don't think it's wrong to point out the dangers of that. Mainly, I don't think you can simply blame children for falling headlong into these fantasies.

I'm not speaking against anime & manga in general, or even erotic art. But I really don't think teenagers should be consuming so much fantasy about relationships & sex at the exclusion of figuring out actual real-life relationships for themselves.

You're probably right that most people outside of Japan don't necessarily know about the variety of themes discussed in graphic media there. And that's part of the problem too: allowing unchecked, uncritical consumption of all of it it by children, without really understanding that some of it might be inappropriate for their age.

[–]YoutiaoLover 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I agree with you. It's like saying: we all know knives can be dangerous so when children--who weren't warned about the danger--stab themselves with a knife, they are responsible for hurting themselves. Most of the time, children are victims and ended up this way because adults around them failed to supervise and teach them to separate reality and fiction.

My nephews and nieces watched YouTube since they were babies. At the age of 7 they go browsing the internet without supervision, watching and reading any content they want. Their parents and other adults are downplaying the dangers lurking in internet because "They're kids!" "Internet isn't as dangerous as you think." "What? Do you think MY kid is going to access porn or something? lol."🤦🤦🤦

Unfortunately parents like that are EVERYWHERE now. They're failing their children and I can't help but think that this generation is fucked.

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That's my niece too. Years ago when she was that age I tried to warn her parents but got eye rolls.