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Okay, fandom question here!
Apr. 5th, 2005 01:28 pmI am relatively new to the fanfic community (woohoo 5 months!!!!) so I'm sure this question has been asked/answered/debated ad nauseum before now. But, I recently got the go-ahead from my department chair to write my dissertation on fanfic (with a neat Victorian tie-in for added marketability), and I find myself starting to become significantly more interested in the more academic qualities of fandom than just the utter hotness of Spander that you lovelies post all the time.
So here's my query/observation. It didn't take me long to notice that almost all the male/male slash writers I've met, of any fandom actually, are women. In fact, I've met one lone male ::waves to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
chocgood84:: in almost half a year. Of course, this doesn't mean that a million men aren't writing m/m slash as we speak, and I'm just unawares. But in my, albeit, limited experience, it seems to me that women have the corner on the writing of the slashy goodness.
Why? I want to know why you think women predominantly write/read m/m slash. What do women find so compelling/erotic/interesting/any other adjectives you can think of about fic that describes two men falling in love, getting it on, impregnating each other, what have you.
I've got some rudimentary ideas on the subject, but they're just that: rudimentary.
( Why I at least write/read slash and a little extrapolation )
So, chime in; if you think you know somebody that might be interested in this discussion, send 'em over.
So here's my query/observation. It didn't take me long to notice that almost all the male/male slash writers I've met, of any fandom actually, are women. In fact, I've met one lone male ::waves to
chocgood84:: in almost half a year. Of course, this doesn't mean that a million men aren't writing m/m slash as we speak, and I'm just unawares. But in my, albeit, limited experience, it seems to me that women have the corner on the writing of the slashy goodness.Why? I want to know why you think women predominantly write/read m/m slash. What do women find so compelling/erotic/interesting/any other adjectives you can think of about fic that describes two men falling in love, getting it on, impregnating each other, what have you.
I've got some rudimentary ideas on the subject, but they're just that: rudimentary.
( Why I at least write/read slash and a little extrapolation )So, chime in; if you think you know somebody that might be interested in this discussion, send 'em over.
