So why does the constant refrain of 2XY > 1XY HotHotHot!!! get to me so much?įor one thing, there is a tendency to lump all m/m fiction into the category of erotica (the post in question conflated romance and erotic m/m novels). And those of us who review m/m here at DA are not shy about expressing our satisfaction with books that offer explicit depictions of gay male sex. Writers of m/m have also been known to put it at the top of their list of reasons for writing it. I should mention here that it is not only mainstream romance bloggers who give this reason. I went back to surfing romance blogs and what did I find? A post answering the question, “Why do straight women read gay male erotica?” And what was the answer? Yes, you guessed it: Two men are twice as hot as one.
I mentioned that my least favorite explanations for why women read m/m romance was “If one man is good, two men are even better!” Both of the writers agreed, and we moved on to other topics. Sunita Essays / Letters of Opinion Erotic-Romance / erotica / m/m romance 88 CommentsĪ while back I was tweeting about m/m novels with a couple of m/m writers.
