Anonymous wrote:I watched a documentary about this. I think it was Christine Amanpour. It’s really big in Japan among straight women. However, M/M slash fan fiction is also popular with women in the US and Britain. It’s a safe way to engage with male sexuality.

Ah, this makes sense. Still weird, though.

I watched a documentary about this. I think it was Christine Amanpour. It’s really big in Japan among straight women. However, M/M slash fan fiction is also popular with women in the US and Britain. It’s a safe way to engage with male sexuality.

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Anonymous wrote:Like when all the fans of One Direction wanted Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson to be a couple and called them Larry Stylinson?

Do straight girls do this?

Yep.

Anonymous wrote:I guess I out of touch. What does it mean to ship?

I assume that's "relationSHIP" shortened.

If you’re thinking of BTS it’s because they’re adorable together.

I guess I out of touch. What does it mean to ship?

Anonymous wrote:Yes it’s a thing OP and it has been for awhile. One hot guy is good, two hot guys are better!

I wouldn’t mind two hot guys doing me but doing each other? Freaking gross

Yes it’s a thing OP and it has been for awhile. One hot guy is good, two hot guys are better!

Anonymous wrote:Like when all the fans of One Direction wanted Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson to be a couple and called them Larry Stylinson?

Do straight girls do this?

Like when all the fans of One Direction wanted Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson to be a couple and called them Larry Stylinson?

Because we root for love. It's that simple. And for teen girls, relationships are slightly scary. So it's fun to flirt with "safe" people like a teacher (ideally) who won't reciprocate (again, ideally) or to imagine a heavy and serious relationship with people they know OF, but aren't involved with themselves.

Anonymous wrote:Why would teen girls do this? If they like the guys (famous, semifamous, etc) why do they like thinking about the two guys being in a relationship? Help this GenX mom out.

Many teens these days do not have Gen X's hangups about sexuality.

Think about it this way: there are a lot of men who think that women kissing other women is sexy. I'm the young end of Gen X, but when I was in college, girls could get free drinks at some bars by kissing each other. But even then, gay male sexual expression was fairly taboo. That is not anywhere near as true as it used to be.

Why not? They like matching two people who they feel have a spark. Its mostly done with fictional characters ime so it’s all fantasy anyway.

What are you talking about? When you say "like thinking," do you mean fantasizing? Or do you mean approving of an affectionate, out gay couple?

Why would teen girls do this? If they like the guys (famous, semifamous, etc) why do they like thinking about the two guys being in a relationship? Help this GenX mom out.