Something that I found really interesting was women writing under masculine pseudonyms the really explosive one was when Josh Lanyon acknowledged she was a woman.
WOMEN FORCED GAY SEX STORIES PLUS
I actually did some research on this while I was in library school because it interests me, too, and two salient things I noticed are that:Ī) The MM romance books (note: they don't get labelled as "gay," which immediately tells you something) written by women are usually targeted toward a female readership andī) pursuant to a, a lot of them use fairly stereotypical gendered dynamics-lots of fretting, I've noticed, about what it means to be a man who likes to bottom, plus some of that top-masc/bottm-fem stuff-though, to be clear, that's a prevalent dynamic both in, say, gay porn and in actual gay life.Īlso the ones written by women often have, let's say questionable understandings of the mechanics of gay sex the number of those books that include rimming is very, very small. That’s ok to be in real life, and those people exist and I think they’re interesting. These characters lack a sense of maleness even behind our traditional ideas of masculinity. female stereotypes inside of gay male bodies. These characters I’m talking about are like.
Those people are real, I know plenty and they probably need more representation too. I’d even say it’s good to write stereotypically flamboyant gay men. I think I'm allowed to be annoyed by it, though.Įdit: Just to be clear. So whatever, maybe that fiction just isn't for me. But it's usually all you see from women writing gay men. I personally know some gay guys who maybe wouldn't do that but would do things in that ballpark. This is the perfect expression of a sort of calculated, slow-burn sexuality that is rare in gay guys and more common in women. To give you an example of unrealistic behavior: In one comic I read, when the two love interests were finally ready to have "their first time" with each other - I kid you not, they sat down next to each other and googled "how to have gay sex," clothes on, seemingly uninterested. But those stereotypes are over-represented specifically in gay fiction written by women. I have also sometimes acted like the gay stereotypes I listed above. I have personally behaved in stupid and gross ways because of thinking with my penis, just like (some) straight guys. There are hyper-masculine gays and stereotypically feminine gays straight out of anime or something. There are some dick-brained, stupid ass gay guys out there. The villains are traditionally masculine characters. Stereotypically soft, not status driven, not very sexually active, surrounded by supportive and protective women (often self-inserts). Sometimes gay men are written as an expression of how some women wish straight men would act.
On the other hand, I think many women write gay men just as poorly as the stereotype of men writing women poorly, and it's frustrating to read. A lot of these works have changed the way I relate to my own sexuality in a very positive way.
On the one hand, I'm grateful that many women have written gay fiction that I enjoy. There was a post about this a month ago, but bringing it up again. I'm a gay guy, just wanted to express frustration with the state of gay fiction, especially romantic gay fiction.