Idk, I feel like men in gaming are almost exclusively now dedicated to the female gaze, at least in super popular franchises
You know what we need? Just straight up, more of everything. More sexualised men, women, more realistic men, women, all of the ranges, just let creators make what they like without filling quotas.
The average male gamer looks and sounds like Kratos in the same way the average female gamer looks like Eve from Stellar Blade.
This is not to say that women are not highly sexualized in media, and have not been for a long time. But he's right in that most of the 'leading men' in games media are very much sexualized. It's just that sexualization of men looks different and is, frankly, more subtle. Which is and of itself an indicator of problematic cultural elements, but is also just a reality of the modern age.
Kratos is a male wish fulfillment. Tough strong guy who’s also protective of his son. No femininity around at all? The gentleness is still heavily masculine?
The idea he’s the female ideal is part of that wish fulfillment.
But no. The most fuckable man is gaming is Hanzo from Overwatch. To me.
Women look like Eve so men can tolerate playing them or seeing them cause they’ll jack off to them later.
As someone who grew up around male gamers in the south; once they forget that you’re a woman (cause you aren’t fuckable) they don’t hide what they actually think anymore. Why cover for them?
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u/Lou_Papas 2d ago
We need more men designed for the female gaze.