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Tbf most women in Japan who consume BL don't become Aidens since they acknowledge it's a fantasy and they don't *literally* self-insert for it. It's a weird complex of reasons why women are fans of BL, but it's very much idealized relationships FOR women to enjoy reading, which is why the dynamics between men in BL aren't often like actual gay men irl. It's also why they tend to fit the same body type of lithe feminine twinks, and I imagine western fujos take that self-insert fantasy to the extreme and thats why they want to look like those lithe femboys. The real gay men make manga with more muscular guys or fat bears slamming each other in the ass, and BL is mainly for the women wanting twinks and chaste hand-holding during lovemaking scenes with sparkles everywhereConsidering BL started in japan and most BL content is still from there I do wonder sometimes how severe the fujo to aiden pipeline in japanese fandom spaces is. My first thought would be that the cultural standards there lead to more women just accepting their hobby as self-indulgent fantasy that has nothing to do with real gay relationships. At the very least I haven't seen any ANN articles yet about BL manga authors trooning out.
(PL: one of my first internet friends who helped me study Japanese was a fujo in her twenties and thirties)