@Jag85 said:
"Sexualization is the emphasis of the sexual nature of a behavior or person."
It doesn't seem like you understand the point I was making. Sexualization on it's own is not the issue. Valueless sexualization that exists without justifiying itself is the issue.
@Jag85 said:
Just like Alita, Bayonetta, Black Widow, Zero Suit Samus, female X-Men characters, etc.
Alita is literally a body of metal that doesn't show any actual curves beyond a vaguely feminine outline, and the whole manga/movie uses body augmentation as a display of body horror, so that's a horrendous counter argument. Bayonetta's entire premise is that she fights naked with hair armor and stripper moves, you aren't meant to be taking Bayonetta seriously by any stretch. The other two are also mostly valueless sexualization so they don't help your argument, but at least with x-men they are following common superhero design tropes of using skin-tight costumes to display fitness.
@Jag85 said:
It could be the case that they're okay with sexualized side characters, but would get offended at an attractive female protagonist. But then again, it's rare to see attractive female protagonists in Western AAA games nowadays, so it's hard to tell how they'd react if a Western AAA game had an attractive female protagonist.
Except the main character of Hades 2, Melinoe, is attractive without being sexualized so the premise falls apart before it even begins.
And there have been plenty of Western games with attractive female characters as leads or central focuses. Literally last year's unanimous GOTY has a bunch of hot females as main characters who can run around naked the entire game if you want.
If you can't see that maybe your perception of what's attractive is warped.
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