nonny · 1mo
I agree there's no nuance, there's people who don't know how to articulate why the fanservice in Genshin looks out of place. But the arguments "but a man has his shirt off so it's the same as a woman shaking her ass as she walks this is a double standard" sound like the arguments straight men often make, which is why seeing them from the feminist queer side is a sign of how much we regressed. Do people know these aren't real people? That men are objectified like women are?
(i assume you mean men AREN'T objectified like women and that was a typo, just saying here in case anyone notices lol)
"Do people know these aren't real people?" THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING THAT DRIVES ME CRAZY. these aren't real women who made these choices for themselves. these are character design/story choices made by MEN. and i GET being sensitive about it if you've come to like the character but i think it's very possible to have a "i like this character despite it but i really wish they had done better for her" approach -- or even just plain ignore it! i do that. but actively trying to spin it as a feminist choice of a (fictional) woman and fighting back against any criticism of it is crazy. whatever choices were made were made FOR A REASON. use your brains 😭 😭
that said, this kind of argument has definitely been a problem with queer/liberal feminism for a while lol... the damage choice feminism has wrought goes so deep
