Everyone knows how to sexualize female characters in video games.
But how to sexualize male characters and do “fan service” for the female audience?

          • Kaligalis@lemmy.worldOP
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            21 days ago

            Men and women means people whose self-perceived gender identity is man or woman.
            Male and female means people who got the genetic setup of a male or female.
            The latter excludes males who identify as women and includes females who identify as men (a risk I was willing to take).

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      23 days ago

      That’s a you problem, it’s fine to use male and female when used together it’s when they’re mixed it’s reductive “men and females”.

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      23 days ago

      Just to spell it out: There’s nothing wrong with using “male” and “female” as adjectives (e.g. “male audience” or “female drivers”). The problem arises from using them as a noun (e.g., “females want a man” or “males are more likely”) which is a very reductive way of describing a person. It also evokes the way we refer to animals, which is, again, reductive.

      We are more than our respective genders, just as we are more than mere animals.