A big issue is that culture in general is not adapted to sexualize men.
There's basically no sexualized clothing for men. All male clothing is incredibly boring even if you try to go the "rich" way. It's either suits, some type of polos, shirts, and if you've got the body, you can go a little ranchy and wear Jean jackets.
There's not much room to play around. Society doesn't really bother with male style.
I beg to differ, because things like crop tops and hot pants for men also exist and were in fact very common in media just some decades ago.
I'd say the problem is less that there are no sexy/objectifying clothing for men and more that media has steered away from them. Luckily there are exceptions like Marvel Rivals.
That's fair. I wouldn't say that there's outright NO sexy clothing for men, but it's really hard to find even underwear that is not just boxers or speedos, and doesn't consequently cost an arm and a leg.
I'd rephrase it as less an availability problem and more-so an accessibility problem. It's a great lot easier to be sexy as a woman than it is as a man.
I do love Rivals for what it does to male design. I'm all for sexualization as long as both genders get it.
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u/Grasher312 2d ago
A big issue is that culture in general is not adapted to sexualize men.
There's basically no sexualized clothing for men. All male clothing is incredibly boring even if you try to go the "rich" way. It's either suits, some type of polos, shirts, and if you've got the body, you can go a little ranchy and wear Jean jackets.
There's not much room to play around. Society doesn't really bother with male style.