Yes, this. I want to read stories about women that aren't about who they're in love with, how their romantic relationship is going, how that defines them, etc. There's already so much of that, TOO much of that, in media, to the point that we start looking to apply the Bechdel test to judge the quality of the product. I want stories about women that are about who they are and what they do, not who they fuck. Not that that het can't be hot; it can, in the right hands. My jaded RL palate is picky about how that's handled, though; I want to see her done justice to, I want non-hetero-normative, I want her to be powerful, I want what, for me, is better than the average (fictional or RL) romance. Different. I want to be wowed.
So, no, I don't think people who enjoy and read and write female characters, just not as love interests for the male lead, are being sexist. I think if they like slashing the male leads, it may very well be because that's what turns them on, that's where they like their sex play. They may not be playing sexually with the female characters for any number of reasons that aren't sexist; if they really do enjoy those female characters as much as they say, then those reasons probably aren't.
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So, no, I don't think people who enjoy and read and write female characters, just not as love interests for the male lead, are being sexist. I think if they like slashing the male leads, it may very well be because that's what turns them on, that's where they like their sex play. They may not be playing sexually with the female characters for any number of reasons that aren't sexist; if they really do enjoy those female characters as much as they say, then those reasons probably aren't.