From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2015-01-22 02:31:39 +0000, John F. Eldredge said:   
      
   > On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:27:03 -0500, John W Kennedy wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2015-01-14 20:13:09 +0000, Dorothy J Heydt said:   
   >>   
   >>> In article , Bill Swears     
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> My daughter, on the other hand, has written some fanfic and hangs out   
   >>>> at one the the fanfiction sites a fair amount.  I had a conversation   
   >>>> with her that made me very uncomfortable the other day.  Apparently   
   >>>> slash is short for gay pron fanfic.  I'm not sure where to go with   
   >>>> this information.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, that phrase has been around since the sixties, and even I,   
   >>> cloistered as I am, know about it.  The original usage was   
   >>> "Kirk/Spock," meaning g.p.f about those two characters.  Talk about   
   >>> wishful thinking.   
   >>   
   >> Since it's mostly a Girl Thing, I'm not entirely certain that "wishful"   
   >> is quite the word. Or is it?   
   >   
   > Well, straight men have traditionally been interested in porn featuring   
   > femme lesbians.   
      
   Yes, but (latest actual science I'm aware of), that's mainly a   
   side-effect of the commonly internalized straight-male taboo on looking   
   at another man's penis. And, of course, it's visual, which slash is   
   not, though that's much less important, since women are not so visual   
   to begin with.   
      
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