Yaoi and BL Couplings　Filipino Fans Envisioning an Alternative Model of Intimacy

Kanagawa University, Yokohama

The paper analyzed the ways fans related these activities to their hopes or desires for their own relationships. It also argued that these young women envision and suggest a rather detailed model of intimacy that challenges the gender inequality, essentialism, and moral conservatism that greatly impact the ways love relationships are typically conceptualized, built, and maintained their the Philippines.
Paper presented at the International Symposium on Boys Love Media in Asia