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Originally Posted by meeera
I imagine it's easy to think that if you've never actually listened to people in the fandom.
The overwhelmingly popular response is that it's the romance storyline that's the primary interest, not the sex (though obviously the sex scenes include emotional and relationship development; that's why they're there). Women enjoy reading about men being emotionally vulnerable, loving, and nurturing.
The ratings of the TV series bear this out also: by far the most rewatched episode is number 5, the one without sex scenes.
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I'm aware of that. Women are generally more interested in romance than in sex - men watch porn, women read romances. The principle is still the same - just as men find sex between two females exciting, women find romance between two males exciting.
(BTW, I'm a woman and I've read quite a lot of male/male romances, although romance is not my primary genre. So I know perfectly well why women read M/M stuff.)