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Originally Posted by danicca
I'd agree with F/F porn comparison. I mean, most of M/M romances have very explicit scenes and I don't believe readers just skip that part.  I don't hand my ereader to anyone without checking recent books because of that. |
Yes. While I agree with meeera that romance is the main draw for women, not sex, there are very few m/m romances without any sex scenes.
Personally, I've also read m/m erotica written by real gay men, and if there was no romance involved at all in any shape or form, just pure sex, it usually left me pretty cold. So I'd argue that romance really is the more important part for women. Sex is just icing on the cake. Very tasty icing, if well done.
But yeah, these days, if there are no explicit scenes at all, it will feel like something is missing, unless the writing is truly exceptional.
The same applies to m/f romances, of course.
As with everything, there are exceptions and some overlap with men's tastes.