%0 Journal Article
	%A Proud Arunrangsiwed
	%D 2015
	%J International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 108, 2015
	%T Equality, Friendship, and Violence in Slash or Yaoi Fan Art
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002997
	%V 108
	%X Slash or Yaoi fan art is the artwork that contains a
homosexual relationship between fictional male characters, who were
heterosexual in the original media. Previous belief about Slash or
Yaoi fan art is that the fan fiction writers and the fan artists need to
see the equality in romantic relationship. They do not prefer the
pairing of man and woman, since both genders are not equal. The
objectives of the current study are to confirm this belief, and to
examine the relationship between equality found in Slash fan art,
friendship in original media, and violence contained in fan art. Mean
comparisons show that equality could be found in the pairing of hero
and hero, but rarely found in the pairing of hero and villain.
Regression analysis shows that the level of equality in fan art and
friendship in original media are significant predictors of violence
contained in fan art. Since villain-related pairings yield a high level
of violence in fan art and a low level of equality, researchers of future
studies should find the strategies to prevent fans to include villains in
their Slash or Yaoi fan art.

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