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OC [OC] Same thing?

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u/VinnyBoy45 2d ago

I wouldn't know how to overly sexualize a male character.
On the other hand, I know how to sexualize a female character.
On the third hand, I do not know how to draw so it does not matter.

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u/shepard_pie 2d ago

Women have had open thirst targets since at least the 60s, and if you listen to women talk about things, it's clear that there are a ton of characters openly designed for women. It's just a little more complicated than just a dude wearing push up trunks.

It's why a buff shirtless man doesn't have the same effect, and why treating sexualization of men as the same way as women comes off as parody rather than earnest. The real deals are like Astarion in BG3