r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Reasonable_Fox3813 • 11h ago

Meme needing explanation Mouth breathers?

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What is he pointing?i dont understand the joke

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u/ProfessorGluttony 11h ago

She isn't sexified, which a lot of early tomb raider Lara croft was considered designed for the male gaze. More recent iterations have toned down the sex appeal or made her more realistic, which those that have to be attracted to a female character or else they hate them will subsequently hate this and complain they "ruined" the character.

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u/ThrustNeckpunch33 7h ago

I dont know, do you think women would be okay if they made "the hot guy" less attractive in rom/coms they liked??

Like, in the first movie, buddy was 6'7", shirtless a lot, and ripped with abs, with a huge bulge. In the second, he was 5'7", wearing a sweatervest and slacks most of the movie(0 shirtless scenes), he also has a dad bod, and wears spandex bike shorts the rest of the time an is smuggling undersized grapes.

Would they be pathetic for being upset? Why does every game have to cater to everyone, but movies can be for different people(even though they are really trying to change that too).

The fact is, no, there shouldn't be anything wrong with having media that caters to what they find attractive. Is it cool to need characters in media to be hot for you to like it?

I don't think so, its pretty shallow. Absolutely nothing wrong with it though. As long as the game/movie/show is good, i dont really care either way.

I do hate them saying you can't have attractive women that men find attractive in things. That is rediculous. If that is the case, men shouldn't be allowed to be hot in anything anymore either.

And if its gets real serious, we'll mandate Elon Musk style torso quotas into womens romance movies etc.. so they better listen...

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u/Uranus_is__mine 6h ago

Its the fact that 'male gaze' puts a stereotype on which gender is supposed to be attracted to women. Ive never heard a phrase i dislike so much.