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just like eating and sleeping.

“Readers can

escape from real life in which couples have

to deal with gender inequality. They can

imagine having a relationship with the

same gender. Gay fictions offer a

compensatory pleasure, and provide both

A list of gay fiction books sold sexual and emotional satisfaction,”
on a bookstore’s website.

She also points out that girls do
not read gay fiction just for its porno-
graphic element.

“The gay fictions are written by
female writers who understand what
girls think and like to read. When I
read gay fiction, I imagine that I am
one of those characters without deal-
ing with the troubles of having a real
boyfriend. This saves time and money
compared to dating in real life,” she
adds.

Professor Zhang Hui at the School
of Sociology and Population Studies
of Renmin University of China points
out women enjoy reading erotic gay
fiction because the writing provides
space for women to have fantasies
about romance.

“The fictions allow readers to ob-
serve emotions as bystanders” she
adds.

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