Fujoshi

Fujoshi is a japanese word that describes female BL readers. It directly translates to "rotton girl" or "girl with a rotton thought process." In the early 2000s, it was used as an insult for m/m shippers of non-m/m works, and was a misygynistic term to deem these women unfit for marriage. However, japanese women have reclaimed that word to use as a self-deprecating term, today it is an innocent word that describes female BL readers.

Please keep in mind, fujoshi does NOT equal fetishizer and doesn't mean "woman who fetishizes gay men by reading BL," like many westerners like to say.

Person A: "Eww. You're a Fujo? That's disgusting, you fetishize gay men!"
Person B: "Yes, I'm a Fujoshi, but thta isn't a bad thing! I don't fetishize gay men and the word fujoshi does not have a negative meaning at all! There is nothing wrong with liking gay romance."
Person A: "Oh okay, thank you for telling me."
(Please don't be pussy and listen to people who try to educate you on a topic they have better sources for, like Person A does, thanks. :)

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