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Hey! Hey you! Yeah, you! I've got a favor to ask!
One of my BFFFs is doing a presentation for her Masters about slash/yaoi fandom and culture. So she's made up a survey. Unfortunately, her sample group thus far has been her followers on Deviant Art, which skews everything to the younger side. AND SO I offered to get her some more perspectives.
SO HERE IS A SURVEY THAT Y'ALL SHOULD DO. It's quick and painless and mostly about your feelings re: porn, and who doesn't love talking about that? IT'S FOR SCIENCE! English Science. Or something.
This post is also unlocked, so feel free to pimp as well.
Answer in as much or as little detail as you like. Thank you!
Age:
Gender identity:
Sexual orientation:
Are you sexually active?
What is your favorite TV show? Movie? Book or book series? Video game? (Animated/live action/text/comic/whatever are all fine answers)
If biologically female, were you or do you think you may have been thought of as a tomboy when you were a child?
At what age did you "get into" slash/yaoi? What introduced you to it? What was your initial reaction?
Why do you think you, personally, like slash/yaoi?
Do you like "hard core" slash/yaoi? (I.E., accurately drawn genitalia, visible penetration, etc?)
Do you prefer "light" (romantic, sweet, etc) or pornographic slash/yaoi?
How do you feel about the seme/uke (in which one partner, usually taller, darker, and more masculine, is expressly "dominant" and always penetrates, and the other partner, usually smaller, lighter and more effeminate, is expressly "submissive" and is always penetrated) dynamic?
Do you like or prefer your slash/yaoi "realistic" (dealing with real world issues of homosexuality, with realistic depictions of male/male sexual relations, potentially including things like condoms, pubic hair, etc) or idealized (love as free and universal, the idea that the characters aren't "gay" but simply in love with one another despite being the same sex, with sexual relations removed from fear of STDs/a need for condoms or lubricant etc)?
If you are attracted to men/male-identified persons, what kind of men are you attracted to? What is your "type"?
Do you read fanfiction, look at fanart and/or do some of both? How much of it is sexually explicit?
Do you write fanfiction, draw fanart and/or do some of both? How much of it is sexually explicit?
Are you a fan of straight/heterosexual/heteronormative fanworks? Or of yuri/shoujo-ai/femslash fanworks? If you had to pick a favorite type (slash/het/femslash), which would you choose?
How do you feel about romance novels? (And by that I don't mean Jane Eyre kind of books, I mean like Harlequin novels/books with Fabio on the cover/the sort of things you can buy in airport lobbies and CVS.)
How do you feel about live-action, filmed pornography (gay, straight or lesbian)?
And finally, because I have to present topical readings to my class along with my findings, if you could recommend ONE fairly short (less than 20 pages) piece of slash fiction, what would it be? Links appreciated, since I have to read through anything recommended by next Wednesday.
Email your answers to hannahjm@brandeis.edu
One of my BFFFs is doing a presentation for her Masters about slash/yaoi fandom and culture. So she's made up a survey. Unfortunately, her sample group thus far has been her followers on Deviant Art, which skews everything to the younger side. AND SO I offered to get her some more perspectives.
SO HERE IS A SURVEY THAT Y'ALL SHOULD DO. It's quick and painless and mostly about your feelings re: porn, and who doesn't love talking about that? IT'S FOR SCIENCE! English Science. Or something.
This post is also unlocked, so feel free to pimp as well.
Answer in as much or as little detail as you like. Thank you!
Age:
Gender identity:
Sexual orientation:
Are you sexually active?
What is your favorite TV show? Movie? Book or book series? Video game? (Animated/live action/text/comic/whatever are all fine answers)
If biologically female, were you or do you think you may have been thought of as a tomboy when you were a child?
At what age did you "get into" slash/yaoi? What introduced you to it? What was your initial reaction?
Why do you think you, personally, like slash/yaoi?
Do you like "hard core" slash/yaoi? (I.E., accurately drawn genitalia, visible penetration, etc?)
Do you prefer "light" (romantic, sweet, etc) or pornographic slash/yaoi?
How do you feel about the seme/uke (in which one partner, usually taller, darker, and more masculine, is expressly "dominant" and always penetrates, and the other partner, usually smaller, lighter and more effeminate, is expressly "submissive" and is always penetrated) dynamic?
Do you like or prefer your slash/yaoi "realistic" (dealing with real world issues of homosexuality, with realistic depictions of male/male sexual relations, potentially including things like condoms, pubic hair, etc) or idealized (love as free and universal, the idea that the characters aren't "gay" but simply in love with one another despite being the same sex, with sexual relations removed from fear of STDs/a need for condoms or lubricant etc)?
If you are attracted to men/male-identified persons, what kind of men are you attracted to? What is your "type"?
Do you read fanfiction, look at fanart and/or do some of both? How much of it is sexually explicit?
Do you write fanfiction, draw fanart and/or do some of both? How much of it is sexually explicit?
Are you a fan of straight/heterosexual/heteronormative fanworks? Or of yuri/shoujo-ai/femslash fanworks? If you had to pick a favorite type (slash/het/femslash), which would you choose?
How do you feel about romance novels? (And by that I don't mean Jane Eyre kind of books, I mean like Harlequin novels/books with Fabio on the cover/the sort of things you can buy in airport lobbies and CVS.)
How do you feel about live-action, filmed pornography (gay, straight or lesbian)?
And finally, because I have to present topical readings to my class along with my findings, if you could recommend ONE fairly short (less than 20 pages) piece of slash fiction, what would it be? Links appreciated, since I have to read through anything recommended by next Wednesday.
Email your answers to hannahjm@brandeis.edu