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Serious post: I'd like to see more gender equality. I get clothing women more in fantasy and games is appropriate but even then that tactic still exposes sexism considering the opposite is available in regards to men. Oh, women in skimpy chainmail armor is sexist when the men are in full plate? Well, you don't have to put women in full plate. You can put men in skimpy chainmail and show off them abs and tight glutes. Eye-candy to gay men and women, right? The fact that 99% of the time the move is to de-sexualize the women and not more heavily sexualize the men to match the energy of the women is pretty revealing of where we are at on the issue as a society. It exposes the puritanical prudishness and homophobia of our culture.
I don't think it's prudish to focus on cool before sexy as the default, especially in games where you're creating an avatar of yourself vs playing a pre-defined character. Maybe I'm out of touch but I don't make characters I'm attracted to, I make characters to represent myself. I want to see me looking cool, not me with my cheeks spread.
this is erasure of those of us who are attractive with our cheeks spread