In a message dated 3/25/01 4:39:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, predatrix@ntlworld.com writes:
<< I'll admit that slash sensibility is much more to do with the women writing it than it's to do with gay sensibility in writing by gay men, but is that really so bad? >>
Frankly, most gay writing written by and for gay men focuses *solely* on the sex, much like porno films that are made mainly for the male market focus solely on visual images and the sex act. Slash written by women tends to be much more romantic in nature. So, when folks say that slash isn't what gay sex is "really" like, I have to laugh. It isn't what gay men like to write and read about, it's true. Who cares? It isn't written *for them*. It is written mostly by and for women.
And I have been happily partnered with another woman for almost 12 years now... I still like, read and write slash stories, mostly m/m.
As for the person who pointed out that homophobia has "reared" its head around here. Yes, it has. I take a great deal of exception to being told that reading about two people making love is just as morally reprehensible as massacre. There's something very sick about a religion or a person who would believe that.
Annie