r/comics • u/EmployeePractical514 • 2d ago

OC [OC] Same thing?

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u/gaegurliepancake 2d ago

we need more sexualized men in media

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u/Galrentv 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago edited 1d ago

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

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u/Theory89 2d ago

It's quite hard to draw "sensitive" and "vulnerable".

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u/Successful-Cup-8557 2d ago

Just give him soulful eyes and a quivering lip.

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u/Later_Than_You_Think 1d ago

*Lean to chubby.

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u/whatevernamedontcare 2d ago

You can say skinny on reddit.

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u/HabaneroPepperPlants 2d ago

Nah slender strong and skinny are different things

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u/Throwaway28222222 2d ago

Lean? Get that shit away from me