I think yaoi caters to what some women want to see. That's why the HBO show "Queer as Folk" was so popular, though it was a bit more realistic than yaoi. You get two good looking guys, stick them together, and have a romance. You don't have to worry about all that "real world" stuff like prejudice, and the characters (usually) get a happy ending. Reading yaoi, at least in my mind, is like reading a romance novel, only with two men. I personally will read anything except loli and shota, as long as it has a good storyline. I like a lot of seinen and sports manga since that's where my interests lie, and I tend to dislike shoujo that focuses on bubbly airheads and love triangles. Most of the people I know who like yaoi also like a host of other things outside of yaoi.

I tried to vote just now and it keeps saying "You are using a browser that php4 doesn't recognize. Please use another one." I'm using IE 7.

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Well, it recognized Chrome. O_o

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