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* Likewise, many male viewers who think [[Girl On Girl Is Hot]] will quite vocally denounce [[Yaoi]] fandom. The reverse can obviously occur as well, but it seems to do so less often, as [[Yuri Genre]] comes significantly closer to gender parity in its fandom than [[Yaoi]].
* [[Fan Service]] in video games is a...touchy subject, to say the least. When it's aimed at men, female gamers complain. When it's aimed at women, male gamers complain. And in franchises in which the fanservice is more or less equal-opportunity (''[[Soul Calibur]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy]]'', ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', etc.), half the fanbase will inevitably complain about those parts of the game intended as fanservice for [[Not So Different|the other half]].
* This is part of the reason why a very vocal female ''[[Star Control]] II'' fan created the [http://zarla.livejournal.com/192372.html Secret Theater]. If you can have virtual sex with the gorgeous, humanoid, initially strictly platonic (or so she pretends) [[Hot Amazon|Commander]] [[Green
* ''[[Gravitation]]'''s fantastic soundtrack attracted a lot of fans who'd rather you didn't mention the [[Boys Love|gay]].
* The (90% female) Western fandom for ''[[XXX Holic]]'' is known to complain about the manga's focus on [[Girl of the Week|female characters]] and the relative lack of focus on the subtext between the male leads, though this becomes rather silly once you realize that in Japan the series is classified as [[Seinen]] -- as in, targeted at young men -- so of ''course'' the focus will be on girls and much less on the subtext between the males.
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** This is [[CLAMP]]. Love is love ''in pretty much any way'', according to them.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'':
** Any viewer who was attracted to its [[Les Yay]], characters, [[Action Girl|Action Girls]], different approach to the [[Magical Girl]] theme, and/or status as the [[Humongous Mecha]] genre's adopted sister, will first have to go through a trial by [[Lolicon]] [[Fan Service]] in Season 1, which had the original sales pitch of starring the [[Token Mini
** Inversely, anyone who ''liked'' the loli appeal will be VERY angry when they get to StrikerS, which comes after a time skip (after yet another time skip at the end of the previous series) that makes the girls adults. Not even teens, adults. At least new lolis were introduced.
* [[Kaori Yuki (Creator)|Kaori Yuki]] may very well be the queen of [[Author Appeal]]. We learn through her different series and short stories about her appreciation for [[Attractive Bent Gender|tomboys, cross dressers]], [[Bishonen|androgynous men]], nicely endowed women, [[Shotacon|underage boys]], and BDSM. The one thing she's said she thinks is disturbing is [[Lolicon]]. Her Lolicon characters so far have been portrayed as [[Dirty Old Man|fat, old perverts]], creepy [[Otaku]], and a college student who [[Attempted Rape|attempts rape]].
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** a) [[Fan Service]]
** b) a [[Black Comedy Rape|hilarious satire]] of [[Fan Service]]
** c) [[Dude, Not Funny|deeply disturbing]]
** d) all of the above
* Some parody this by adopting an exaggerated [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]] stance.
* The Shumacher Batman movies: The fans threw fits about the Bat-nipple suits, but "nobody" complains about the catsuit. Well, it doesn't have nipples.
* ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]''. Some people are creeped out because [[Older Than They Look|Edward's 100]], some people don't like the [[Crazy Jealous Guy|abusive undertones]], some people don't like that S. Meyer claims to be a feminist when Bella does nothing proactive, and [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|some people put pictures of Edward on the ceiling above their bed]].
* The Buffy/Angel relationship in the early seasons of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' was creepy for the same reasons as the Bella/Edward relationship in ''Twilight'' . He's obviously a lot older and more experienced than she is, and-unlike Edward- has also tortured and raped a number of women (albeit in his soulless form) . Pretending to be divided on the subject on the morality of about the matter seems a little manipulative and creepy, since he's the one who has had centuries to practice relationships. Also, the whole tortured-soul-who-needs-to-be-rescued-by-romance-and-sex seems like too good way to get naive girls into bed. The old "Anne Rice Routine", as another character described it in-universe.
* As noted on the [[Double Standard Rape Female On Female]] page, a popular [[Double Standard]] is the idea that the rape of a woman by another woman is not "real" rape, and so it becomes [[Selective Squick]]. Women don't have penises to rape with so it "doesn't count", so regardless of how one might feel about rape scenes in general, female-on-female rape is the exception.
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