From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <2015012211594210875-jwkenne@attglobal.net>,   
   John W Kennedy   wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   Cf. the punctured career of Anthony Weiner.   
      
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