queer shouldn't be PG just for being queer

[mickeym]

This just really...well, it's pissing me off. I'm scrolling through my flist, as you do, and come across a story that sounds interesting, as happens...until I scrolled just a teeny bit further and saw the full headers, and got smacked in the face with this:

Rating - PG. Because of slash and some word choicing. (the bolding is mine)

Now, if you're rating it PG because of language, FINE. I still don't see the purpose in PG/PG-13 since we're supposed to all be adults, but whatever.

But what the fuck is up with rating a story BECAUSE OF SLASH? That's like saying "hey, you're queer, so you can't be rated G".

I'm probably getting worked up over nothing, but it feels discriminatory to me. I don't know if I should say anything to the author (or how I would say it) or not. I just...is it just me? Or does it feel inherently wrong to say you're rating something based on the fact that it's m/m (and some word choicing)?

Comments

[mickeym.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Bleh. I mean, given that she's writing slash, and posting it to slash comm(s), I don't get the vibe that she's being deliberately disciminatory; in fact, I doubt she realizes how it reads, putting it like that. Product of...everything around her, probably. But it still makes me grind my teeth in annoyance and frustration.

[withdiamonds.livejournal.com]

I doubt she realizes how it reads, putting it like that. Product of...everything around her, probably.

Exactly. And that makes it even more frustrating.