To add to the floor scrubbing guy discussion, the whole "servant class" you discovered in that level (people fixing the machines, scrubbing bathroom stalls) was downright creepy to me. Here you had this room full of kids playing, and adults standing around, and you had these sad, miserable guys who wouldn't make eye…
Ronin08
Ronin08
I like how by your standards, Solid Snake and Dante are "big dudes." Seems like growing up with American Media has given me some REALLY exaggerated standards....
Ooooh, sorry, most of the other comments replying to me were somewhat attacking so I read yours as such. =( My bad!
I appreciate the dialogue as well! =D
But this image still isn't communicating sexuality.
Because they want to be more sexually appealing, I guess? Even though they probably are to begin with? I dunno, I don't have breasts. >.>
Yes. Because "your woman's" 40 year old Mom is a representation for what all women want everywhere. "Your woman's" 40 year old mom is the definitive version of a woman, and all should bow down before her. I am so thoroughly swayed by your story.
Eh, only if power/sexual fantasies are a matter of physical dominance and body sculpting, which is only really recent to this century/maybe the last 3 decades. If you view power/sexuality through that lens, You're decently on the mark, I just imagine the women are probably more clothed then you think they are, and the…
Sex is not bad! Sex is wonderful. Procreation is wonderful. The objectionability comes from the fact that this image perpetrates a long-standing idea that women can only be sexual. Because if you analyze most popular media, you find that images of woman skew toward looking like this, whereas Men get more diversified…
Roided up men aren't the universally dominant "attractive male figure" for women. Plenty are, no doubt...
Hah! Fair enough. =D Too bad he actually isn't on my power fantasy list, he's just clearly designed to be on someone's. =p.
Ain't my power fantasy either man, but it's clearly the guy who designed it's. I personally prefer The Master Chief, Iron Man, Dante or Chrom when it comes to examples of who I like to feel powerful as.
I'd hardly consider Laura Mulvey's male gaze theory "Something I read on the internet."
The latter. The former is a power fantasy for men, and the latter is a sexual fantasy for men.
What good would that do? Being mad at the people who loved him and raised him as best they could while fighting for a better life? It sucks, but they left where they did for a reason—it's not like when your parents legitimately screw you over, they've been trying to improve his life since the beginning.
You sir, kick an incredible amount of ass. Thank you for choosing to stick around and be part of our country/community, despite being nervous about people shitting on you.
Gaaahshucks. Thanks for the kind words. I'm trying to do my best, though right now it's mostly amounted to kiboshing as many sexist/homophobic articles as I can at my place of employment, and working to create dynamic characters in my own writing so I don't know how much that's helping.
Glad to be here. And I like your use of the phrase "to be free to see and respect each other the way we really are." Very much becoming a fan of viewing people from the inside-out instead of the outside-in.
Glad to be on it. =D