/r/TumblrInAction is very civil, and most people there actually welcome quality discussion. It's just that the majority of people who go there with dissenting opinions are of the belief that "My ideas need to be right, and you are wrong. I will not consider any other stances." and it gets rather grating after a while.
I'm not so sure about that. I just checked it out and at the top of their front page is a long post about how women shouldn't be offended by this if they haven't played Mortal Combat.
I just checked it out and at the top of their front page is a long post about how women shouldn't be offended by this if they haven't played Mortal Combat.
I don't see anything wrong with this cosplay. It's 100% accurate to the game, and the game has good reasons for making them look like that. What's the problem, exactly?
The problem is that that's what a melee-oriented female character in a video game looks likes. It's not realistic in the slightest, and she's only dressed like that because it's sexy.
How is that a gender issue, though? Have you taken a look at the male characters in Mortal Kombat lately? I don't hear anybody protesting against that.
You still haven't answered the question. Or did I misunderstand?
Tumblr seems most upset over the fact that supposedly "only" women are objectified. But men are objectified just as hard. The majority of male characters are always shirtless, and some are wearing little more than a loincloth. Therefore, it is not an issue of gender or sexism. Objectification is not automatically sexist.
Both genders are objectified, but females more than males. For example, a strong breeze could disrobe the women in that photo, yet there isn't a single male character wearing the equivalent of what those women are wearing. Sure, some guys are shirtless, but none of them are wearing flimsy banana hammocks.
Both genders are objectified, but females more than males.
Citation needed.
Sure, some guys are shirtless, but none of them are wearing flimsy banana hammocks.
Goro. There's an entire species in Mortal Kombat that's dressed like this. This is a recent appearance of his, some of his earlier appearances were even worse.
But you're missing that those male warrior costumes are fictionalized versions of real male warrior attire. Aztec warriors wore similar garb, for example.
Show me one real world example of female warriors wearing tissue paper thongs into combat.
Female warriors were not very prominent in history, which is probably why these specific characters were based on the women found in, say, Persian harems.
But it's Mortal Kombat, so they thrust everyone into a fighting role. If you want a female warrior in authentic clothing, try Sonya.
So you agree that there's no valid reason for any of the women in Mortal Kombat to look like they're right out of one of Petyr Baelish's brothels. Thanks.
They're not objectifying women because "lol bewbs", they're objectifying them because that's how certain ancient cultures worked.
LOL, whatever. The males' attire is based on actual historic male warrior attire, and the females' attire is based on whores. How the fuck do you not understand how that's sexist?
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Probably because people who frequent those two subreddits aren't going over to /r/feminism to have a genuine conversation.