This book investigates what women enjoy about consuming, and in some cases producing, gay male erotic mediäfrom slashfic, to pornographic texts, to visual pornography¿and how this sits within their consumption of erotica and pornography more generally. In addition, it will examine how women¿s use of gay male erotic media fits in with their perceptions of gender and sexuality. By drawing on a piece of wide-scale mixed methods research that examines these motivations, an original and important volume is presented that serves to explore and contribute to this under-researched area.

Chapter One: Welcome To The Freak Show.Chapter Two: Boys on Film.Chapter Three: The Joy of Slash.Chapter Four: Don't you know that it's different for girls.Chapter Five: Sometimes it's hard to be a woman.Chapter Six: `¿Always should be someone you really love'.Chapter Seven: 'It's a Mixed Up Muddled Up Shook Up World'.Chapter Eight: 'You give me the sweetest taboo'.Chapter Nine: The times, they are a changin'.

Lucy Neville is a Lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK.