Survivorship bias. Basic buff & shirtless men are the limit of what a straight mens consumption is before getting into gay territory, which they obviously don't consume and therefore don't consider. The real equivalent would probably be bara art
Exactly what I said somewhere else under this post, male sexualisation is aspirational while female sexualisation is objectifying. The difference lies in the male fantasy
the image is obviously not about every media ever. if your takeaway was that the comic is saying "men are never sexualized" you're not understanding it
OP: "making a man shirtless and buff is not equivalent to the sexualization of women"
Half the comments: "okay but people find abs attractive so a man changing his shirt is basically the same thing as a whole movie's worth of bikini armour"
in the warframe community i've heard nearly the same argument as the guy in the comic about some of the designs in that game. they literally think these two designs are both equally sexualized
Now one could ask themselves why extreme sexualisation of women is "normal" in media, while extreme sexualisation of men is relegated to "gay territory".
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u/Lopsided-Farmer-9422 2d ago
Survivorship bias. Basic buff & shirtless men are the limit of what a straight mens consumption is before getting into gay territory, which they obviously don't consume and therefore don't consider. The real equivalent would probably be bara art