For those who can't imagine how men could be further sexualised, look no further than Tom of Finland.
And no, it's not a criticism of Tom of Finland, nor of the sexualisation of women in comics. People can have their kinks AND be nice about it at the same time.
And, look further that just the anatomy and bare skin. It’s also about pose, about angles, about what’s put under focus to the viewer. You can have unrealistic sexy proportions unsexualized, and perfectly realistic neutral proportions sexualized.
A simple example, a few years ago, there was a russian game with a faceless robot with hair tied in a braid around her head. Gamers were saying she couldn’t be sexualized, since her proportions were based on a real dancer ; the sexualization actually came from the choice of open coat and lines reminiscing of high socks.
There's also the video with batman and catwoman models swapped in a game, both don’t move and don’t pose for the camera the same way.
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u/mtranda 14h ago
For those who can't imagine how men could be further sexualised, look no further than Tom of Finland.
And no, it's not a criticism of Tom of Finland, nor of the sexualisation of women in comics. People can have their kinks AND be nice about it at the same time.