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OC [OC] Same thing?

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u/Galrentv 15h ago

Something people seem to miss consistently is sexual vulnerability. Up skirts, wardrobe malfunctions, posing and phrasing are all used to make female characters appear as sexually available and reciprocal as possible. Shirtless buff men doesn't touch that at all

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u/Cosy-Little-Goblin 14h ago

That's because shirtless buff men are for the men in a power fantasy kind of way and the vulnerable half naked women are also for men in a sex fantasy kind of way. It's all made for the male gaze.

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u/Successful-Cup-8557 10h ago

And the female gaze is like "we want sensitive, vulnerable lean muscular men with without *too much* muscle.😇"

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u/Throwaway28222222 7h ago

Lean? Get that shit away from me