Do girls like Yuri shows?
| I'm a woman, and I'm also a lesbian, so I'm more able to relate to two women being together. I don't watch/read smut though, regardless of the gender involved, as sex disturbs me. |
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anirudhtsuki said: Seiya said: contrary to popular beliefs, Yuri doesn't strictly mean R18 stuff. Shoujo ai is as meaningless as shoumen genreI'm a woman, and I'm also a lesbian, so I'm more able to relate to two women being together. I don't watch/read smut though, regardless of the gender involved, as sex disturbs me. Yeah, I know, that's why I'm into innocent, light-hearted GL instead. I've heard good things about the "Kase-san Series." Would you recommend that anime/manga? |
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| You can enjoy "romance" anime regardless of your sexual orientation, that goes for yaoi as well. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| as a lesbian, some of us do enjoy it! it depends on the series, citrus is bad but there are some okay ones :) |
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| Plenty of women enjoy yuri. Maybe as much as men. |
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| I know a lot of women who likes yuri. It's not uncommon tbh. |
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anirudhtsuki said: Seiya said: i haven't watched it myself because of personal reasons (i don't like short hair) but it looks good and have also heard good things about it.Yeah, I know, that's why I'm into innocent, light-hearted GL instead. I've heard good things about the "Kase-san Series." Would you recommend that anime/manga? Oh, I see. Well, I'll definitely check it out sometime. Technically, I'm not asexual, but I'm repulsed by the idea of sex. I just don't want to see it. |
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| anyone can enjoy yuri and yuri bait same thing applies to yaoi |
| Idk the only "yuri" I've watched is Happy Sugar Life... |
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| I do not like yuri, but studies have shown women are far more bisexual than men and often watch gay porn. So the answer is yes. |
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| I'm a woman and I enjoy it. I'm also bisexual though. I think writing quality is most important though, so I won't watch something just because it's yuri. |
Seiya said: anirudhtsuki said: contrary to popular beliefs, Yuri doesn't strictly mean R18 stuff. Shoujo ai is as meaningless as shoumen genre Yeah, I know, that's why I'm into innocent, light-hearted GL instead. I've heard good things about the "Kase-san Series." Would you recommend that anime/manga? Kase-san is on the fluffy and pink side of the genre, it is a very safe option to you if you are into the light-hearted stuff (though they had sex at the end of the story if I remmeber correctly, but you can skip that). Though I am a fan of yuri, I don't like how most of them are catering to male-fantasies while I am more into stories that focus on the romantic/emotional-build up, angst and agony of being in love. That is why to me the best yuri/shoujo ai are written by women who are focusing more on those sides of a relationship but sadly that kind of stuff is only a fraction of the genre. I would recommend to you Girl friends, Her Tale of Shim Chong, Aoi Hana, Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Octave and maybe Yagate Kimi ni Naru, if you haven't read/watched them. Some of them have sex scenes but you can skip those. |
IshitatesoJan 29, 2022 10:49 PM
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| I think many men are intimidated by yuri since they need to have a penis in the story to self insert. Men are obsessed with penises. Just look at so-called "straight" hentai, there are more penises than women. It makes sense that yuri would appeal more to females. |
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anirudhtsuki said: EndlessMaria said: doubt it. They hate Yaoi more than anything in theI think many men are intimidated by yuri since they need to have a penis in the story to self insert. Men are obsessed with penises. Just look at so-called "straight" hentai, there are more penises than women. They hate it if it is all penis. But as long as there is one woman there can be a thousand penises and men would like it. |
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EndlessMaria said: I think many men are intimidated by yuri since they need to have a penis in the story to self insert. I personally love yuri so much that I want to role play as one of the female characters. Want to crossdress IRL. Etc. |
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| Unless a woman is lesbian/bi/pan/not straight, she's unlikely to enjoy yuri for the same reason that most men enjoy yuri - because two girls in love looks hot to some guys. That said, if the story/presentation is good for what it is, maybe. |
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| I am not that well versed in homosexual anime/manga but is it actually true that majority of it is produced by the opposite gender? Most lesbian romance books I've encounter have been written by women for women and romance book market is quite a big one (if not the biggest). Just go type "lesbian romance books" in google and pick the top 15 results and you'll see they are all written by women, many of which are also highly acclaimed works with hundreds of thousands of copies sold worldwide. |
| I don't like yuri, same as how I don't like yaoi, since a vast majority of them include some kind of sick content like rape, non-consent, etc. But if we're talking about shoujo-ai, then I could enjoy them as much as any good shounen-ai/straight romance as long as the story is decent. I haven't watched any shoujo-ai anime yet since I haven't heard good things about any of them - well, with one exception: Bloom Into You. But I stopped after the first episode cause I really don't like the anime art style. I might end up reading the manga instead. I've read several shoujo-ai manga and have enjoyed some. Tamen De Gushi is definitely my favorite. From what I've seen, women are more open to watching yuri/shoujo-ai than men watching yaoi/shounen-ai. |
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| Seen quite a few female streamers that have said they like reading yuri. Not the heavy ecchi ones, but the romance-focused ones. |
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MeanMrMusician said: Unless a woman is lesbian/bi/pan/not straight, she's unlikely to enjoy yuri for the same reason that most men enjoy yuri - because two girls in love looks hot to some guys. That said, if the story/presentation is good for what it is, maybe. I mean plenty of straight women prefer lesbian porn over hetero porn. I wouldn't be surprised if the same goes for yuri. Especially if the creator is a woman and the focus on the male gaze isn't as prevalent. |
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| Here is the thing - yuri is mostly watched by men since lesbians or bisexual women don't like the way it sexualizes them and puts them in a certain light. Its like lesbian porn. However there are lots of girls that don't mind that and love yuri. I do. |
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EndlessMaria said: I think many men are intimidated by yuri since they need to have a penis in the story to self insert. Men are obsessed with penises. Just look at so-called "straight" hentai, there are more penises than women. It makes sense that yuri would appeal more to females. Adding to that, look at discussion about harem series from non-fans of the genre on this site. This is a genre literally named after the idea of having a bunch of attractive girls and these fuckers spend all day talking about the dorky fucking guy and barely acknowledging the actual point of appeal. It'd be laughably stupid if it wasn't so overbearing and obnoxious in practice. |
ManabanJan 30, 2022 1:26 AM
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LostSpectre said: You can enjoy "romance" anime regardless of your sexual orientation, that goes for yaoi as well. That is not true. Maybe you can, but there's no way you aren't in the minority. EndlessMaria said: I think many men are intimidated by yuri since they need to have a penis in the story to self insert. Men are obsessed with penises. Just look at so-called "straight" hentai, there are more penises than women. It makes sense that yuri would appeal more to females. So you know that playing RPG games as a female character is considered normal among men? Like to the point where playing as a male is considered weird. At least among the Skyrim nodding community. |
Esmera said: I don't like yuri, same as how I don't like yaoi, since a vast majority of them include some kind of sick content like rape, non-consent, etc. But if we're talking about shoujo-ai, then I could enjoy them as much as any good shounen-ai/straight romance as long as the story is decent. I haven't watched any shoujo-ai anime yet since I haven't heard good things about any of them - well, with one exception: Bloom Into You. But I stopped after the first episode cause I really don't like the anime art style. I might end up reading the manga instead. I've read several shoujo-ai manga and have enjoyed some. Tamen De Gushi is definitely my favorite. From what I've seen, women are more open to watching yuri/shoujo-ai than men watching yaoi/shounen-ai. yuri and shoujo ai are the same thing all of it is contained in the word yuri the sexual and non sexual there's no offical shoujo ai split |
| As a male, I can say safely girls do like yuri. Some goes with "a good romance is a good romance" and some with other. I just don't enjoy yuri anime because it is that way but the fact that I just don't like art style of male characters in romance anime and many more reasons. And I genuinely enjoy yuri anime focussed on both male and female viewers. Like Kase-san series is focused on female readers I enjoyed it a lot also Bloom Into You which was focused on male readers, I enjoyed it too. There is a reason that Comic Yuri Hime is primarily focused on female readers than male readers. Since, females enjoy it too. And sorry if I unintentionally hurted anyone, though I don't think so but still. |
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nachomaxo1 said: Esmera said: I don't like yuri, same as how I don't like yaoi, since a vast majority of them include some kind of sick content like rape, non-consent, etc. But if we're talking about shoujo-ai, then I could enjoy them as much as any good shounen-ai/straight romance as long as the story is decent. I haven't watched any shoujo-ai anime yet since I haven't heard good things about any of them - well, with one exception: Bloom Into You. But I stopped after the first episode cause I really don't like the anime art style. I might end up reading the manga instead. I've read several shoujo-ai manga and have enjoyed some. Tamen De Gushi is definitely my favorite. From what I've seen, women are more open to watching yuri/shoujo-ai than men watching yaoi/shounen-ai. yuri and shoujo ai are the same thing all of it is contained in the word yuri the sexual and non sexual there's no offical shoujo ai split Adding to that Shoujo ai is a wrong term used for a non-sexual representation of girl's love. Since, it means pedophile in Japanese. So, the only original term for Girl's Love in japanese media is YURI. |
| Just go and read I'm in Love with the Villainess LN. |
Catgirlloveruwu said: Here is the thing - yuri is mostly watched by men since lesbians or bisexual women don't like the way it sexualizes them and puts them in a certain light. Its like lesbian porn. However there are lots of girls that don't mind that and love yuri. I do. well it's not meant to be realistic anyway so they could stop with the whole "but we are not like that and we do no sex related stuff like ever" they could calm down it's just a fictional story not a serious documentary |
Ishitateso said: Seiya said: Yeah, I know, that's why I'm into innocent, light-hearted GL instead. I've heard good things about the "Kase-san Series." Would you recommend that anime/manga? Kase-san is on the fluffy and pink side of the genre, it is a very safe option to you if you are into the light-hearted stuff (though they had sex at the end of the story if I remmeber correctly, but you can skip that). Though I am a fan of yuri, I don't like how most of them are catering to male-fantasies while I am more into stories that focus on the romantic/emotional-build up, angst and agony of being in love. That is why to me the best yuri/shoujo ai are written by women who are focusing more on those sides of a relationship but sadly that kind of stuff is only a fraction of the genre. I would recommend to you Girl friends, Her Tale of Shim Chong, Aoi Hana, Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Octave and maybe Yagate Kimi ni Naru, if you haven't read/watched them. Some of them have sex scenes but you can skip those. They have sex? Well then, I won't be watching/reading it, then. At least you told me. If I had started watching/reading it, and saw the sex scene, I would've given it a score of 1/10. I don't want to watch/read anything with sex in it. Even if I could technically "skip" those particular scenes, I'd just prefer not to watch/read those titles at all. |
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| Yuri has universal appeal unlike yaoi, which is mostly enjoyed by straight women, bara also exists, but it's still very obscure. |
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Seiya said: Ishitateso said: Kase-san is on the fluffy and pink side of the genre, it is a very safe option to you if you are into the light-hearted stuff (though they had sex at the end of the story if I remmeber correctly, but you can skip that). Though I am a fan of yuri, I don't like how most of them are catering to male-fantasies while I am more into stories that focus on the romantic/emotional-build up, angst and agony of being in love. That is why to me the best yuri/shoujo ai are written by women who are focusing more on those sides of a relationship but sadly that kind of stuff is only a fraction of the genre. I would recommend to you Girl friends, Her Tale of Shim Chong, Aoi Hana, Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Octave and maybe Yagate Kimi ni Naru, if you haven't read/watched them. Some of them have sex scenes but you can skip those. They have sex? Well then, I won't be watching/reading it, then. At least you told me. If I had started watching/reading it, and saw the sex scene, I would've given it a score of 1/10. I don't want to watch/read anything with sex in it. Even if I could technically "skip" those particular scenes, I'd just prefer not to watch/read those titles at all. You can watch the anime without a worry because the sex scene is not included, the story doesn't reach that part of the manga. BTW I don't get it why are you so against sex that you would give it a 1/10 - isn't that a bit extreme. Let us put aside for a moment that sex, sexuality or the sexualization of characters most of the times are used in anime as a feature that sells the product. Aside from that it is part of a healty romantic realtionship and in a lot of mature yuri it is depicted as the culmination of love, or even, on the contarty, a one night sexual encounter becomes an emotionaly fulfilling one. You can hardly depict a mature relationship without that, even if the act itself is just vaguely suggested as in lot of cases. |
IshitatesoJan 30, 2022 8:00 AM
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Ishitateso said: Seiya said: They have sex? Well then, I won't be watching/reading it, then. At least you told me. If I had started watching/reading it, and saw the sex scene, I would've given it a score of 1/10. I don't want to watch/read anything with sex in it. Even if I could technically "skip" those particular scenes, I'd just prefer not to watch/read those titles at all. You can watch the anime without a worry because the sex scene is not included, the story doesn't reach that part of the manga. BTW I don't get it why are you so against sex that you would give it a 1/10 - isn't that a bit extreme. Let us put aside for a moment that sex, sexuality or the sexualization of characters most of the times are used in anime as a feature that sells the product. Aside from that tt it is part of a healty romantic realtionship and in a lot of mature yuri it is depicted as the culmination of love, or even, on the contarty a one night sexual relationship becomes an emotionaly fulfilling one. I am repulsed by the idea of sex, so you wouldn't understand what I'm talking about. I don't consider sex to be "healthy." It is greatly disturbing to me, similar to seeing someone stabbed, choked or drowned in a horror movie. It will always seem "wrong" to me. I just want to watch/read GL with no sex in it. Not even implied sex. Is that too much to ask? |
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| comic yuri hime has like a 60-40 split in readers in favour of women so yea. |
| Yes, women also read yuri, in fact probably more than men. At the very minimum yuri is way more popular among women than yaoi is among men. Sexuality isn't quite as binary in women as it is in men, but there still definitely are straight women who read yuri. It's not like it's all just sexual fantasy stuff, it's a type of romance. |
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_Maneki-Neko_ said: Seiya said: I am repulsed by the idea of sex, so you wouldn't understand what I'm talking about. I don't consider sex to be "healthy." It is greatly disturbing to me, similar to seeing someone stabbed, choked or drowned in a horror movie. It will always seem "wrong" to me. I just want to watch/read GL with no sex in it. Not even implied sex. Is that too much to ask? But even if you are repulsed or you might be asexual... I don't know, it's just a part of a relationship for many other people. This has nothing to do with yourself. Also it's really unfair against the manga and also its artist, imo. The thing is, for example I can't remember that well if there are sex scenes, implied sex or not, if it has been a time since I've read or seen it. I just read it like other scenes. Although I'd have to say I like erotic scenes and all and I think it's quite childish, if a manga is a series with romance as its selling point and they never even talk about sex or imply it or anything. Even if they are asexual, you'd still talk about that and then maybe try things. From my experience a lot of asexuals at least try a bit out with a partner and a lot of lesbians had a boyfriend before... like myself lol. I don't want a "partner." I have no desire to ever be with anyone, and I have no desire to ever do anything with anyone. I'll always think that sex is disturbing, and nothing is going to change that. |
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Seiya said: _Maneki-Neko_ said: But even if you are repulsed or you might be asexual... I don't know, it's just a part of a relationship for many other people. This has nothing to do with yourself. Also it's really unfair against the manga and also its artist, imo. The thing is, for example I can't remember that well if there are sex scenes, implied sex or not, if it has been a time since I've read or seen it. I just read it like other scenes. Although I'd have to say I like erotic scenes and all and I think it's quite childish, if a manga is a series with romance as its selling point and they never even talk about sex or imply it or anything. Even if they are asexual, you'd still talk about that and then maybe try things. From my experience a lot of asexuals at least try a bit out with a partner and a lot of lesbians had a boyfriend before... like myself lol. I don't want a "partner." I have no desire to ever be with anyone, and I have no desire to ever do anything with anyone. I'll always think that sex is disturbing, and nothing is going to change that. Does your aversion include any kind of physical contact like caressing ,touching, kissing as well? Because if it does then it is not easy to recommend you any romantic story. |
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| What if the sex is implied, @Seiya? Like seeing the characters together in the bed. If it's only a repulsion towards viewing the physical act it may be easier to avoid. |
Acchan_YuMei said: nachomaxo1 said: yuri and shoujo ai are the same thing all of it is contained in the word yuri the sexual and non sexual there's no offical shoujo ai split Adding to that Shoujo ai is a wrong term used for a non-sexual representation of girl's love. Since, it means pedophile in Japanese. So, the only original term for Girl's Love in japanese media is YURI. Is it? That's interesting. From what I've seen, usually "yaoi" is used to refer to ones with sexual content while "shounen-ai" is used to refer to ones with more "pure romance", so I'd assumed it was the same for the female counterpart. And before the whole genre naming change to "Girls Love" and "Boys Love" on MAL, I believe some of non-explicit GL manga I'd read were only labeled as "shoujo-ai". A lot of the manga sites I read from have a "shoujo-ai" and "yuri" split too. But I guess that's just an online thing? |
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Ishitateso said: Seiya said: I don't want a "partner." I have no desire to ever be with anyone, and I have no desire to ever do anything with anyone. I'll always think that sex is disturbing, and nothing is going to change that. Does your aversion include any kind of physical contact like caressing ,touching, kissing as well? Because if it does then it is not easy to recommend you any romantic story. Well, it depends. I prefer to not see people kissing, as that kinda disturbs me as well. To be honest, I don't like stories that focus directly on romance. I prefer period dramas, and fantasy adventure that may have a subtle romantic subplot, but doesn't go deep into the romance. Also, I hate school settings. @jal90: I can somewhat tolerate implied sex in small doses, but I'm not a fan of that, either. |
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