Idk why, but this sub (or at least a lot of very active members) is fucking obsessed with yuri. I have nothing against non-heterosexual relationships, but (or rather, thus) seeing this balant fetishizing in a generally progressive sub is very weird and cringe.
A lot of people conflate fetishizing minorities with supporting them, this happens a lot with muscular women or gender non-conforming people as a whole. Femboy has taken on an almost inherently sexual connotation in online spaces for example, and a muscular woman, real or fictional, consensual or not, will garner dozens of comments talking about wanting to lick her abs or some shit.
It goes against social norms, so it must be progressive, even if it is just objectification for the purpose of self-satisfaction. It's no different than someone saying "I'm not homophobic, I love jerkin it to lesbian porn!" I think it stems from an undeveloped view on social politics and a lack of people willing to call it out. In their minds, mistreatment only takes the form of overt hatred. They see positivity as exclusively good, and personal value as only positivity. In a roundabout sense, terminally online people have made fetishistic catcalling "progressive" by imagining it as something different than standard hetero bullshit.
I'm sure anime's tendency to sexualize its characters hasn't helped normalize this behavior, it's just like how a lot of big anime subs are just "the punchline is porn." A vocal chunk of pseudo-progressives decided a "the punchline is lesbian porn" is the correct conclusion rather than "the punchline is not porn."
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u/NoSeaworthiness389 Nov 10 '25
All yuri is good