I think I may have homophobic tendencies

I know this isn't the place to ask for advice or for an armchair psychiatrist. Hear me out, though FAKKU. Ready? This may rustle some people.

As some of you may know I don't like the yuri genre, hell at the mention of yuri or lesbians within anime happens, I almost drop the series right then and there. What's worse is I fear that a primitive point of view may bleed out into real life. At times I hold contempt for fans of the genre. Knee-jerk reactions are a major problem for me.

Here's where it started and boy is this embarrassing to admit because I feel something so trivial spiraled into a subconscious disdain. (and for the love of god, don't derail this into an anime topic of tastes. I am mentioning this because I felt that this is where I believe it began.) This contains spoilers for the anime, Kill la KIll:



From then on, as far as I remember, every time yuri was even slightly hinted at. I would proceed with caution.

So, how can I get past my hatred, mental block, and/or contempt? I feel I've avoided some anime, hated characters, or may have said or thought dour thoughts because of this issue. My biggest fear is this crippling or outright severing relationships with others.

@PumpJack_McGee I believe you were one of the few people who asked about this.

Watch lez porn. Porn fixes everything.

People's kinks don't force you to like them, just accept it as something you don't like, and don't make a big deal about it around people, unless they are trying to shove it down your throat, in which case raising your middle digit, and walking away should suffice in that situation.

Read Sunstone. It's on ex and deviantArt.

See, what I think is that your issue lies less with yuri itself and more with how it got exposed to you. You saw it first as a malicious act done that was uncalled for and was probably done to cater to the hormonal masses. What you need to understand is that this is not any relationship works, at all. I didn't get a disdain for the acts in general myself, but even I thought the scenes you mentioned were cringeworthy as fuck.

Hence, read Sunstone. This is a down to earth, absolutely real and human story that just happens to be laced with BDSM. Really though, the series is never even explicit in its acts, but it's hardly sfw. The best way to quash homophobia is to see and understand that real love has no boundaries, and sex is certainly one of those assumed limits. You start falling for whoever you fall for, that's how this stupid feeling works lol.

Sounds like it's less homophobic and more bad first time experience with something new.

KLK wasn't the first yuri scene I've ever seen and normally I'm neutral to yuri (but like it if not overdone). But those scenes shocked the hell out of me the first time I saw them. If it was your first exposure to the genre at all then it's no wonder you avoid it.

I would say try purposely exposing yourself to more yuri, or lesbians in general.

Thanks for the advice guys, but please be advised that the scenes in KLK were not my first exposures to yuri. IIRC I watched Daughters of Mnemosyne before it and that I found more explicit than KLK.

On a semi related anecdote, KLK was a catalyst that got me more tolerant of Futanari.



To add to this inconsistency there are some character and hell scenes I like that were yuri related

as long as you don't mess with alive people and keep your opinions to yourself, it really doesn't matter what you think or how unpopular your opinions are. Not liking homosexuality doesn't make you a dick, thats your personal feeling that your entitled to, just don't be an ass and everything should be fine. Not everyone has to agree about everything.

I don't think Prison School can be lewder.

At first i too thought it was about the actual thing and was ready to attest to your words, but then i noticed it said "within anime". srsly

Well they say admitting there is a problem is the first step to solving it...

I can't really say anything new without sounding like an armchair psychologist. It's okay not like something and not feel 100% comfortable with the material shown as long as you go in with an open mind and don't instantly NOPE out.