Coming from a woman, I find Nightwing to be a great example of how to sexualize a man without it being gross/silly. That shot of him upside down? Hoo boy.
That's also silly. lol Catwoman in the Batman Arkham games comes to mind. I've been replaying them recently and can't help but notice it just looks a bit ridiculous.
Agreed. That’s just a man doing an amazing forward fold. It’s not sexual, but it can be silly. Losing your balance in a class and accidentally making eye contact with someone in that position does tend to set off giggles in both people, ime.
If I sexualized that pose, I’d never be able to do yoga with men again. And I’d lose some prime giggle chances (worth more than orgasms tbh, they’re rarer and I can’t give them myself).
Can you also give an example where a man is sexualized and it is gross/silly? And I mean in a way that is gross to the man, or to other men, not to women?
That would be equal to how women are often sexualized in media.
And I'm not asking this to say that the treatment of both is not equal. I know it's not. I'm actually interested if it's even possible to sexualize men for the female gaze in such a way.
It's not gross to me. Besides, the point is that women are constantly put in those kinds of poses in fiction, especially comics/manga, and they're usually wearing even less. Your whole "if the roles were reversed" thing doesn't work because the roles ARE reversed, all the time forever.
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u/TsundereKisser 9h ago
Coming from a woman, I find Nightwing to be a great example of how to sexualize a man without it being gross/silly. That shot of him upside down? Hoo boy.