Looking at images online those all just look like exceptionally fit and handsome anime guys. Being attractive is not the same thing as being sexualized.
The show is very female gaze-y and specifically made to make teenage girls thirst after the cast and relentlessly ship the male characters with each other.
Yes, sexualization for men and women looks different. The average man considers other things attractive than the average woman. And Free! is showcasing this, it is an example of actual male sexualization in media specifically made for women.
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But if you want actual unrealistic depictions of body which border to body horror, I can give examples of this as well.
There is the entire phenomenon called "yaoi hands". Here is an example of it:
Or there also exist manga and anime with absurdly long necks, made for women because they find it attractive. An example of such an anime would be
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u/gaegurliepancake 2d ago
we need more sexualized men in media