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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

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Dartagan Shepherd

Butt inequality, have we really come this far?

Gamer

I think she makes a good point and they do sexualise certain avatars in certain games this is not always needed only in dramatic adult content and that usually isn't most of the cases that we see most of the time

Pussycat Catnap

"A hot avatar butt, in other words, seems to help encourage some users to exercise more. And we can all stand to work out our butts a bit more."

Kind of like yoga pants in real life...

That's a popular fashion that sexualizes the rear more than actual nudity would. But does it really motivate people to get fit...?

Pussycat Catnap

Oh and spend some time in some SL fitmesh avatar fashion shops where people are buying Yoga pants for their avatars at silly paces...
- After all with fitmesh, you can get not just the yoga pants, but the butt wiggle as well.

I don't think the solution is to remove sexualization / sensuality from all avatars. I think the solution is to just apply it equally.

Look at how popular the Slink male avatar is with women in SL - because it fits an ideally attractive male body image.

By contrast the 'Mbody', which is a very realistic (albeit also at most A-cup) female body, is ultra obscure.

We all play lip service to not wanting too much sensuality, and then we go home and flip on our romance shows or xxx or whatever... - across both sexes.

Balance is the answer to 'exploitative sexualization'.

If you made it balanced, men would more likely see what KINDS of sexualization are offensive. And women would see that much of sexualization can have cross appeal and not be exploitation based.

Taylor

"Look at how popular the Slink male avatar is with women in SL - because it fits an ideally attractive male body image."

It's interesting you say that because my experience has been the opposite: the Slink male body is considered by many women to be too skinny and not buff enough, while the Abercrombie-model-like TMP male body is considered more attractive (and inarguably looks more like the stereotypical ideal male body).

As a male, I like the Slink body precisely because it's not so stereotypically attractive.

John

Wonderful blog post. Keep them coming.

Oh and could women please stop sexualising themselves in real life. Please avoid wearing any kind of pants that may influence how men might perceive you. It'll help you feel more secure. I mean you're always at risk that they might actually forget you're anything else than a pretty butt.

Besides, if women continue to sexualise themselves, someone might be tempted to run a kickstarter to make a film about the perverse effects it causes. Shouldn't be too complicated, and it might actually be more interesting than Sarkeesian's series.

The Sarkeesian adventure is mostly interesting in what it tells about herself and her own worries. And honestly, I'm always rather surprised at the way she embellishes her very simplistic views.
I'm sure there are people who have more profound views on the fundamental issues at hand here.

She does make for truly wonderful entertainment though. Maybe not exactly in the way she wants it to be.. but I applaud and enjoy nevertheless.

Iggy

Ian Faith: They're not gonna release the album... because they have decided that the cover is sexist.

Nigel Tufnel: Well, so what? What's wrong with bein' sexy? I mean there's no...

Ian Faith: Sex-IST!

David St. Hubbins: IST!

Shockwave Yareach

You can change your butt to however you like. Me, I like my butt and the ladies butts as they are.

If you don't want a sexualized butt either dial it down or wear a robot avatar

Strider

So we have reached an era where we talk about butt equality lol! D.O.A games won't be the same without the obvious boobies and butt close-ups.

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