Quick Links: Yaoi and Women In IT

Just wanted to whack up a couple of quick links today. The first is this Canadian article on the growth of Yaoi – Japanese gay erotica made for straight women. I’ve written about Yaoi before, this adds another perspective. Secondly I found this board post from a woman who works in IT. She is making a point about how IT is still an overwhelmingly male industry, at least in the Read More …

Yaoi – Japanese Male-On-Male Porn For Women

I’ve been meaning to write up an article on Yaoi for a long time but gay site Xtra has beaten me to it. Yaoi (pronounced “yowee”) is Japanese manga comics depicting romantic relationships between two men, some of it involving hardcore gay sex. Yaoi is almost exlusively written by women for a straight female audience. It’s been popular in Japan for a long time but has now broken into the Read More …