Female desire

I might even say observers try to intellectualise it so they don't have to deal with female desire.
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I still haven't figured out "the" answer for why women like slash. Maybe that's because the question itself needs to be examined, as this commenter on that Newsweek article does so aptly. How often are men asked to explain why they find f/f hot? And when they say "just because" it's not accepted like that can't be it, there must be more to it.

This comment got me to thinking about how dangerous female desire is to the dominant paradigm. It really truly has a different shape and is alien to the male-dominated society that is threatened by it.
(I need to add here that this is not an endorsement of turning everything on its head and taking power away from men. I am firmly convinced that a female-dominated or even equal society would be different, but would not offer more advantages in general. I've known enough violent and abusive women in my life not to believe all that "the women are more peaceful" shit. Ahem. Pardon. Upshot: we're all just people.)