I suppose the claim could be made that femslash fiction which somehow slips outside of the subcultural enclave could harm people who aren't its intended audience, by disseminating unrealistic depictions of queer female life outside the circle of those able to recognize it for what it is (auronlu seems to describe a case which could be described that way above). But then I'd invoke the "Christian defense of incest fic" argument
That's about how I think about it. I think that some harm is *possible*, and that should be kept in mind, but mitigating that harm is not best done by banning the stories; it's done by acknowledging their purpose. (Whatever that is. In the case of incest fic, it's not "to encourage incest;" in the case of unrealistic PWP femslash, it's not "to show how lesbians really are/want to be.")
whose premises of course you wouldn't find persuasive
Not so much "not persuasive" as "not relevant." What Christians do and don't find ethical and uplifting within their religious understandings of the world, is not my concern. Unless there's a hidden premise of "everyone should be Christian," I've got no disagreements with it.
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Date: 2010-02-01 04:35 pm (UTC)That's about how I think about it. I think that some harm is *possible*, and that should be kept in mind, but mitigating that harm is not best done by banning the stories; it's done by acknowledging their purpose. (Whatever that is. In the case of incest fic, it's not "to encourage incest;" in the case of unrealistic PWP femslash, it's not "to show how lesbians really are/want to be.")
whose premises of course you wouldn't find persuasive
Not so much "not persuasive" as "not relevant." What Christians do and don't find ethical and uplifting within their religious understandings of the world, is not my concern. Unless there's a hidden premise of "everyone should be Christian," I've got no disagreements with it.