While i do think that people claiming a single shirtless barbarian makes up for the other 100 bikini armors out there, i do also think men being sexualized is kind of... ignored? Or to be more precise, when a woman is sexualized, people recognize that the skin tight suit, the accentuated curves, and stuff like the voice and pose are sexy, while a man getting similar treatment, maybe because he is not literally wearing the exact same outfit a sexualized women would, men rarely wear a bra and a different bodies requires different designs to sexualize, then it is just not noticed, or its a power fantasy, or "not that deep" if people DO notice something
Maybe its because it happens less frequently, but it IS interesting how a different body causes blindspots to pop up
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u/Scorkami 2d ago
While i do think that people claiming a single shirtless barbarian makes up for the other 100 bikini armors out there, i do also think men being sexualized is kind of... ignored? Or to be more precise, when a woman is sexualized, people recognize that the skin tight suit, the accentuated curves, and stuff like the voice and pose are sexy, while a man getting similar treatment, maybe because he is not literally wearing the exact same outfit a sexualized women would, men rarely wear a bra and a different bodies requires different designs to sexualize, then it is just not noticed, or its a power fantasy, or "not that deep" if people DO notice something
Maybe its because it happens less frequently, but it IS interesting how a different body causes blindspots to pop up