On the Attraction of Boys' Love and Androgyny
Originally posted @ IJ as part of Meta-Friday on March 20, 2008.
Disclaimer: This is my own observations on androgyny and the Japanese genre of Boys' Love ( Read more... )
Disclaimer: This is my own observations on androgyny and the Japanese genre of Boys' Love ( Read more... )
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In retrospect I shouldn't have tackled androgyny because I'm still rather clueless why I find it attractive, beyond the androgynous-children analogy...
Ahh, yes. Hermaphrodites. It was...a man and a nymph entwined into one? Can't remember the legend.
You seem to be putting androgyny in the same boat as the idea of a hermaphrodite and a transvestite. Do you mean to?
Mmm, no. I'm even more clueless about hermaphrodites than androgyny.
Transvestites...I only find them attractive when they've undergone hormone therapies ^^;; Like the pretty pretty boys in Thailand lol. With long slim white legs that look smooth all over. *coughs*
So they have to look enough like a girl. Or something. I'm confusing myself.
Do you necessarily feel there is a connection?
Only in that androgynous people make more attractive/successful transvestites? lol
I think it's the manga influence in me again; In manga stories it's explored over and over how a tall, cool girl wants to wear cute frilly clothes but it doesn't suit their personality/style. Or a short, cute boy is forced to wear girly clothes because "It looks so good on you <333"
And then if the tall, cool girl braves herself and tries on make-up and a frilly blouse, she'll stare at herself in the mirror and thinks ";_; I look like an okama/transvestite."
Or the short, cute boy will get frustrated because none of the high school uniform is small enough to fit him darnit!111
Okay I'm not sure if that answers your question ^^;;
By hermaphrodite do you mean people with XXY genes?
And/or those who are genetically male but the doctors decided to turn them female at birth because it's easier to dig a hole than build a pole? >_>
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