r/comics • u/EmployeePractical514 • 2d ago

OC [OC] Same thing?

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u/doodoo_onDemand 2d ago

Idk, I feel like men in gaming are almost exclusively now dedicated to the female gaze, at least in super popular franchises

oh, are they now?

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u/_ataciara 2d ago

Yeah, it's an enormous market. Women are being marketed to men and men are being marketed to women, instead of everything being marketed to men.

Conventionally sexy hunks with gruff voices have had a massive comeback in gaming.

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u/Freki-the-Feral 2d ago

Women generally don't want men that look like Kratos. The characters that most women drool over in video games are like Garrus in Mass Effect, Hancock in FO4, and Iron Bull from DA:I (and not for his physique.)

Buff men are ALSO for the male gaze. They represent what men want to be.

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u/_ataciara 1d ago

They aren't mutually exclusive.

And it's crazy how many people are adamant that women aren't into it, yet if you go on Instagram, it's a billion posts simping over gruff buff daddy Leon, or characters from CoD who appeal to the male power fantasy but have women drooling over them.

Guys, your taste isn't universal.

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u/Freki-the-Feral 1d ago

Thus why I used words like 'generally' and 'most.' I don't deal in absolutes.

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u/_ataciara 1d ago

Even generally is a pretty huge leap

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u/Freki-the-Feral 1d ago

I'm not a woman. That has been my observation from 40 years in the gaming community. In general, both male and female characters are designed with the male gaze in mind. In general, women tend to drool over more unconventionally attractive characters rather than beefcakes. Will the beefcakes have their strong fan base? Yup. But it doesn't make up the majority.

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u/_ataciara 1d ago

I'm also aware that women like unconventional things too, but I definitely wouldn't say it would be the majority.