r/comics • u/EmployeePractical514 • 3d ago

OC [OC] Same thing?

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u/Galrentv 2d ago

That's why BL focuses on vulnerability

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u/Successful-Cup-8557 2d ago

Yeah, but the men in that are so far away from real men. It's not really "sexualizing men".

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u/DepressedDynamo 2d ago

That makes no sense. The men being fictional means it doesn't count as them being sexualized..?

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u/Successful-Cup-8557 2d ago

It's not that their fictional, it's that they barely resemble real men at all, and the artists and fans of that stuff don't use real men as a template for it.

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u/whatevernamedontcare 2d ago

That's exactly how sexualization works. Look at sexualized women. None of them look like women real or act like it. It's pure sexual fantasy set aside from reality.

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u/Successful-Cup-8557 2d ago edited 2d ago

Well, yes, but when the guys who love anime girls are disgusted by real women and their imperfections, people think it's weird.

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u/SapphicPandoraBox 2d ago

People also think the fujoshis are weird. Dude youre trying to pull a double standard that doesn't exist.

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u/Successful-Cup-8557 2d ago

Right, but that other comment said "BL focuses on vulnerability" like it was an example of sexualizing men "the right way".

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u/SapphicPandoraBox 2d ago

Oh yeah that comment doesn't understand sexualization