I realized that when it comes to same-sex Japanese comics and Animation, the general public will only talk about Yaoi and not Yuri and if they do mention Yuri, they say that only guys are interested in it.
Why do you think this is? Is it because Yaoi is much more popular and there is a lot more Yaoi than Yuri out there?
For me, Yaoi is a lot more sexual overall, even if Yuri has a lot less content, there is still a lot less sex and with more stories/character development that comes more with Yuri.
Onto the 'Yuri is only for guys' statement, I believe this to be false and I would say that although guys do like/love Yuri (Yes, for its stories and character developments), there are still a lot more female readers and watchers.
One thing that Yaoi and Yuri do have in common other than the fact they are same-sex, is that both genres are mostly written for and by women.
Okay, so now onto same-sex cinema (mainly in Asia), like Yaoi, there is a lot more demand and much more gay love stories than lesbian love stories.
I will give an example from this website:
(updated 10/7/2020) On these pages, we have a fairly comprehensive list of LGBT Asian movies and dramas. Well, all the…
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As you can see, there are so many more gay male dramas and movies than there are gay female.
So, what does this mean, exactly? And why are there overwhelmingly much more gay male content but a lot less lesbian content?
Do you think this a problem that there is a lot more demand for gay male content and it's not more even?
Is this more of a double standard situation or is it because there are more girls overall that are into gay content? And if that is the case, why are there so many straight female fans of the genre even though they can relate much more to wlw/GL?
I would like to know your opinions because quite honestly, I would love some more Yuri stories, as the more Yuri content, the more women can relate to.
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