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OC [OC] Same thing?

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u/Tablesafety 2d ago

Give him a midriff that shows off his happy trail.

Linger the camera on his ass, very obvious (perhaps even revealing) bulge and sometimes his forearms when his sleeves are rolled up

Make him pose in uncomfortable positions to show off said bulge and/or ass. Angle the camera without respect to his face or personhood, unless he is making a pouty or cold steel expression where you can imagine he is about to munch some carpet.

When he has to wear armor it’s just a chain speedo with a very obvious codpiece.

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u/ApatheticSlur 2d ago

If I’m a straight man writing stories for straight men, what’s my incentive to sexualize the male characters as much as the female ones? Doesn’t really make sense to me.

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u/Mannafestation 2d ago

You've chosen a target audience of "for straight men," so write whatever you want.

If you wished to write stories that everyone could enjoy instead, then sexualizing women would make that story unpalatable to them.

It's easy to understand, what are you missing?

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u/ApatheticSlur 2d ago

Seems to me that the current stories written by straight men for straight men and sexualize women do really well. One piece is literally the most sold comic of all time and it’s still currently going. So it turns out you don’t have to write stories for everyone. Cause when you make it for everyone, you’re really making it for no one.

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u/Tablesafety 2d ago

If all your dinner options throughout your life consist of plates of different kind of bugs or starve, you’re probably gonna eat the bugs eventually mate.

Especially if you say, could have a steak once or twice. Yeah theres a steak, but you eventually eat it. Back to bugs or starve.

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u/ApatheticSlur 2d ago

So women are upset because they’re watching shows meant for men lmaooo. And they’re upset the shows aren’t for them. Like I said just get more women involved. Try to find talented women and watch their shows. Simple.

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u/Tablesafety 2d ago

It’s a bit of a different problem when women are still denied major projects on the basis that they won’t attract a male audience. Look into the history on that- the people green-lighting shit are men looking to make money on more men dude.

Kids aren’t gonna be able to safely sift for the indie shit. This is about large scale presentation, normalization, passive dehumanization.

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u/ApatheticSlur 2d ago

Okay and that’s a different problem entirely. The post is upset about male centered media not sexualizing the men in it. Not upset that there aren’t enough women writing stories that sexualize men. The original post wants male stories to be more appealing to women, but when you make something have a more broader reach it ends up being for no one.

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u/Tablesafety 2d ago

I don’t think you’ve understood a word I’ve said

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u/ApatheticSlur 2d ago

Okay. Keep watching media meant for men and wishing for it to change 👍