A lot of anime, manga, and LNs sexualize men. When most people think about anime, they think about Shonen. Obviously hot women are going to be the focus since the intended audience is teenage guys. So many reverse harems, romance shows intended for a female audience, and yaoi out there though. Fujoshis are some of the most fun women to talk to because they aren't embarrassed to be degenerates.
Oh I know shojo do a good job with a diverse harem for it's female lead or at least they used to back when I was deep in that sauce. Fushigi yugi had something for everyone, Nuriko woke up some confusing thoughts in me. So does full metal alchemist brotherhood. Got just as many thirsting for compassionate and nurturing Sig Curtis as there are for mustang. And then there are the heartbroken Hughes fans. And yeah I did my time in the fields of yaoi, they are wide and fertile with a bumper crop
Jasmine from Aladdin or Chel from El Dorado or Megara from Hercules or Lola Bunny from Space Jam just from the top of my head. Those movies are for children and nobody bats an eye about sexualized female characters.
Yeah this whole comment thread is pretty creepy in my opinion and touches on another thing that really bothers me: women sexualising younger men and it being seen as cute. The whole stranger things Will and Mike thing comes to mind.
There is a weird double standard at play in my opinion around female gaze and male gaze. Just look at pop bands. Women can obsess over men and its seen as ok but obviously (and fairly) if a man did that it would be creepy. The female gaze extends to other women too in that all the skimpy outfits and sexualistion done by pop singers is done for women. Men don't really have an equivalent.
Dude one of my examples was a literal dwarf who is 100's of years old and very much not a child or young for his race. The reason there can be that female gaze is that women are viewed as less threatening. The old aunties in kpop demon hunter do not have theat as Jimbob watching a countdown to the Olson twins reaching 18
So grown women advocating for two children (stranger things) to be in a same sex relationship when one is clearly straight or grown women sexualising a teenage boy at the Olympics (Tom Daily) is ok because you don't find them threatening?
I've never watched stranger things so I won't comment on that. Most sexualizating I hear from women is not as scummy sounding as men. It's more a simple "damn they are hot". Versus "I want to open her legs and see what's there". It's more like appreciating art than spank bank
Bollocks. You have a very one sided opinion on this. Look how much smut is covered in pop culture currently. Who do you think this is aimed at because I promise you its not men. I was in the book section of my local supermarket this week and Gillian Anderson's new book was for sale. This is hardback detailing the sexual desires of women as submitted by the public. This is something you can buy on your weekly shop and women can read by the pool on holiday. Now, I don't have a problem woth that at all but there isn't a male equivalent. The double standard is pretty clear.
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u/peachesfordinner BumBum Ouchie 15h ago
Senshi in delicious in dungeon and Abby in kpop demon hunters are wonderful for this (and voiced by same person)