I somehow hate the word "lesbian"... because everytime I hear it, people say it in a discriminative way... I prefer hearing "yuri", because you only hear that from an otaku, and there are a lot of crazy pervets otakus like me who enjoy reading manga and they don't care if it's gay or het or anything, but yuri romance is the best!!!!!!! [so sweet, vanilla xD]...
I can't help but feel a bit insulted, since "lesbian" is used generally to describe real-life people like me and a lot of other people here, who are girls who like/love girls. There's nothing wrong with the term yuri, of course, but it generally does refer to a fantasy version which, while absolutely nice most of the time, doesn't cover everything.
Of course being liked by "crazy pervert otakus" isn't necessarily a selling point...
I respect your point here. Likewise, I kinda understand what the other person is telling concerning the word "lesbian".
Honestly, I'm an unknown and discrete bisexual. I've been into a relationship with both genders. The thing is, when I was in a relationship with a girl (we had been together for around 5 years or so), whenever we were in public places, I still can't help to have that awkward feeling from people around us. Unlike when I were with a guy before. No matter what I did with the guy publicly, I don't get the discriminated feeling from people that surrounds us. I can only feel the relief and enjoy the company (to the fullest) with my girlfriend before when we are alone together.
Somewhat, I can't even talk to any of my friends that I had a girl before. But, I can freely talk about "yuri" genre with some of my friends that are also into anime/manga.
It's kinda like, the "acceptance" (in my case) of society for same-gender relationship/preference is still a bit of taboo.
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That's why I love Dyansty-Scans. This is like heaven for me. :D
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