"Why does my heart go doki doki?" The most serious situation in yaoi
Yaoi and shounen-ai genres (also may known as BL-Boy's Love) depict male/male romantic and/or sexual relationships in manga. Yaoi and shounen-ai have an extremely common trope. When the person initiating the relationship (term for the initiator is 'seme') tries to kiss/grope the other party (uke) or force sexual intercourse, the victim of the harrassment blushes and has a throbbing heart inside while externally screaming out "No!" and trying the shove harrasser away. This situation is called 'romanticised rape' and is shown in the form of 'true love'.
In yaoi, with this trope, the tension between the seme and uke is tried to be constructed and when seme acts too possesive, stalks uke and forces kisses or sexual intercourse, it is easily represented as "Loving so much that not being able to control one's self", however, it should be realised that this is what 'sexual harrassment' literally means. Yaoi is a great genre with big potential; sexist clichés used as a plot device only creates the oppressing gender norms and ruins the yaoi's possibilites to open up a door wich genres like shoujo or josei cannot do easily.
Writer's note: "Doki" is the Japanese sound corresponding to "thump" in English.
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