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then it's also best not to use "yaoi" as a blanket term. Personally, I'd say that most of the BL titles (using the Japanese term for the whole genre for convenience) that are about 'romance' are still called 'shounen-ai' in the West. Though there are exceptions, which is why the 'yaoi' / 'shounen-ai' distinction is quite inadequate.
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I personally go with term as it is understood in japan. "shoujo ai" and "shounen ai" are western inventions that make little sense in my opinion.
Anyway if you think that yuri is a more esplicit form of "shoujo ai" then you'd have to include in your list all those stuff that are actually
not considered yuri in Japan.
I think that if you considered all the hentai material featuring lesbian sex meant for a male public, including doujinshi, I think that discrepancy between "yaoi" and "yuri" would even out.