why do we like the boys-doing-boys :)

[mickeym]

Link via rivers_bend:

AfterElton asked their female readers what it is about m/m love that they like.

I'm only partway through reading the article, but it's very interesting so far (as is seeing what the survey questions were, and how people answered). rivers_bend also recommends reading the comments. I haven't made it that far yet, but she says they're well worth reading, and I trust her judgment on that :)

Comments

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

I ask men this question all the time. and I have never once gotten anything more articulate than a look as though I'm crazy and an "um, it's hot?" Even when it's totally clear that I'm asking in all seriousness, and not just to be "funny".

There are such proscribed ways in which it's acceptable for men to talk about sex (ribbing each other or bragging) that they don't learn to actually discuss it, in most cases. Women aren't "supposed" to think or talk about it at all, so we've created our own ways to do so.

That's my take on it, anyway. :) I think there should be places for men to discuss sexuality out of the "locker room" environment. I'd love it if that were happening. And maybe in generations younger than mine, it is. IDK.

[linda3m.livejournal.com]

I'm just amazed that in our free-market-economy, no one has really looked at slash. Seen what women respond to and marketed it.

Look at the success of Brokeback Mountain.