A friend of mine loves to read lesbian erotica/fanfics, over the normal straight variety.
She’s suspected she is a lesbian for quite some time, but hasn’t had an experience with neither a man or woman.
She put the question foward “Am I a lesbian for reading that stuff?”
My response was, no, you are simply sticking to what you understand. You know female emotions, you know female hotspots because you are female (Der).
Does that make sense to anyone else? What would your answer be, and why?
If one used fanfiction reading habits to judge sexual orientation, there would be a lot of straight women out there who were gay men.
What’s a better sign of latent lesbianism or bisexuality (although by no means a sure thing) is the fact that your friend is wondering whether or not she is a lesbian.
Lamia, I would have said that it’s reasonably common to question one’s sexual orientation, even if one doesn’t end up deciding that it’s different than one previously thought; especially in this culture, when anything not gender-normative is grounds for suspicion.
me jane, your friend may or may not be lesbian or bisexual. A lot of people just like fanfic, frankly.
As an analogical example, I have a good friend who loves reading gay boy porn and watching gay boys going at it; she identifies as a queer woman and is not interested in men for relationships, though she has tried sex (not intercourse) with a man on occasion. Actually, it’s not uncommon for lesbians to be fans of gayboy slash fic.
So no, she’s not a lesbian “for” reading that stuff. She may be a lesbian or bisexual, and I can see how enjoying f/f fic would make her question that, but time will tell which gender(s) she enjoys having sex and/or relationships with in person.
I am a guy. And I date women, not men. However, I believe I meantion my interest in Yaoi, or homosexual fanfiction in post 51 or so of Romances or attraction between humans and non-humans.
Not that this is really on topic, but I thought I should point out a raving male yaoi fanboy, as opposed to the raving female yuri fan that this thread is about.
I am a straight chap.
I like lesbian erotica. (A lot! 
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I haven’t analysed the reasons, but perhaps it’s because there’s no rival chap in the picture. Or maybe my subconscious thinks that one woman good; two woman better.
I would be happy to experiment further. 
Perhaps, but the OP said this friend has “suspected she is a lesbian for quite some time”, apparently before the fanfic thing came up. If a woman has felt that she may be a lesbian for a long time and enjoys reading lesbian erotica, then I think that at least suggests that she may really be a lesbian or bisexual…although, as I said, it’s not a sure thing.
I don’t think it means anything. The best slash writers I know are straight, and the best hetero writers I know happen to be lesbians.
If she actually wants to have sex with a woman, she’s probably a lesbian.