Straight Woman Doesn't Understand LGBT romance books.

[staringiscaring]

Readers of erotic romance, it seems, like to read about men getting it on. With each other. A decade ago, more women than men tuned in to watchQueer as Folk, Showtime’s hour-long sexually explicit drama about the lives, loves, and sexual exploits of a group of gay and lesbian friends. If I recall correctly, and as evidenced by the pic above, there

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[homasse]

This whole article had me making a face and side-eying pretty much everything she said. It all just rubbed me the wrong way (especially the "See, I'm not homophobic; I'd let my daughter bring home a lesbian lover!" line - wtf was that?)

[ponyboy]

side eyeing all of this. and honestly, this lauren dane book sounds interesting.

[the_gabih]

It really does. I'd buy it if I weren't saving up for the summer.

[tiddlywinks103]

She makes it seem like gay people are required to MAKE her like it, like they have to up their game, rec assloads of shit to her, and pander to her discomfort or lack of arousal so she can *get* it and thus validate it. Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiner.

And the 'heart of my sexuality' line had me side-eying her. Trying to dismiss and whine about sub-genres because it can't be all about you and your vagina is a liiiiiiiiiittle crappy, imo.

[staringiscaring]

Trying to dismiss and whine about sub-genres because it can't be all about you and your vagina is a liiiiiiiiiittle crappy, imo.

Thank you. That is exactly what bothered me the most. That is exactly what I was circling around in my head.

[amyura]

Highly recommended: just about anything by Sarah Waters. Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith are the two I've read (and really enjoyed), and I think she might have a third one out.

Also, it's cheesy, but the BOOK version of Fried Green Tomatoes is, while not erotic in the least, very explicit that the two main characters are lesbians in a long-term committed relationship, one that's accepted by everyone in their community.

Also, the fact that I'm just about as hetero as they come didn't stop me from enjoying them at all.

[ldkirby]

aaaah Fingersmith, that book was so good. I don't even like Victorian settings usually, but ksjdkfs that book. I really need to get Tipping the Velvet.

[romp]

I highly recommend TTV!

[tilmon]

I've never read Fried Green Tomatoes. I'll have to get a copy now. I want to see how the author established the couple as an accepted part of their community.

[13chapters]

I just...I don't get why anyone should care about what this women likes or doesn't like. Don't like m/m romance? Fine! Who cares?

This comes off as weirdly defensive.

[romp]

Agreed. She should have just left this at the two sentences that sum up her entire point: If two men are making love, after all, it becomes impossible to be All About Me. Without a heroine in a scene to placehold for me, it’s not at all about me.

[13chapters]

I'm just wondering what inspired her to write this. To simultaneously whine about people enjoy things that she doesn't like while still proving how not homophobic she is

[eculeus]

Jumping into the conversation, but I completely agree with you. It's accepted as mainstream that men think two women together is hot, why can't a woman find two men together hot. I like reading about male characters who behave outside of straight male gender roles.

Plus, I find a lot of the women and men in heterosexual romances to be a bit flat. I can't identify with the women because I find them silly or unbelievable and the men irritate me.