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[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 39 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[-] WayeeCool@hexbear.net 28 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Anyone else remember how in the fantasy material of the 1980s male characters were in outfits just as ridiculously skimpy as the female ones? An era of leather daddies and heavy metal. The armor was ridiculous with greased up muscles and armor plates that exposed 75% of their skin. Usually it was something like an armor plate covering a single side of their chest with the other side and their abdominals exposed. Outfits never made sense for anything other than looking sexy.

[-] Chump@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The only good thing about Schwarzenegger Conan. Where are my horrors from beyond the cosmos?! Give me elephant-like alien gods, damnit!

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