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Originally Posted by Lalwendė
Seriously, from what I now know about 'slash' (and I didn't even know what it was that long ago) most of it is created by and for adult women.
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I didn't know that, but it doesn't surprise me one bit.
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Originally Posted by Lalwendė
I can't say whether some of them viewed the male relationships in LotR as actually homoerotic, but they may have imagined them to be.
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I think you're right - in the case of adult women - probably not so much what they saw as what they found fun to imagine.
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Originally Posted by Lalwendė
As odd as this may seem, a lot of women find gay couples either exciting or beautiful. This possibly says a lot about women and if they perceive such relationships as 'non-threatening'; this is a probable reason, as psychologists say the success of boybands is down to girls finding non-threatening, quite 'feminised' young men who they can have as imaginary boyfriends until its time for them to get a real one.
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True, but on the other hand, it may just be the flipside of the male fascination with lesbians. There is something appealing about a sexual situation where both people involved are attractive to you; and while being attractive themselves, also share the viewer's appreciation of the other's attractiveness. Double the pleasure, you know, double the fun, doublemint gum...um, yeah.
