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⌈ Secret Post #3261 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Things you hate to see in published fiction

[(Anonymous)]

Tbf you do see a ton of descriptions of abs or arms or chest for men as well as description of height to the exact inch which women never get. The body parts are there, they're just different ones depending on gender.

Both annoy me.

Re: Things you hate to see in published fiction

[(Anonymous)]

But we're talking specifically about describing secondary sex characteristics in situations that aren't about sex, or a doctor's appointment where you're getting a breast exam, etc. General descriptions of a person's build, I can understand. But you don't see the same level of sexualization for male characters that you do for female characters.

Re: Things you hate to see in published fiction

[(Anonymous)]

I see them not as "sex" characteristics but "conventional attractiveness" characteristics. Authors like to pile them on.

But like I said, both annoy me.

Re: Things you hate to see in published fiction

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with this completely.

Re: Things you hate to see in published fiction

[(Anonymous)]

Are breasts not general descriptions of a person's build? It has to do with figure shape, doesn't it? Or at least, they'd influence a person's general visual figure as much as wide, muscular shoulders or something.

Re: Things you hate to see in published fiction

[(Anonymous)]

The problem is that this is often the focus of how female characters are described, even when it's not necessarily appropriate. It's ONE aspect of how a person looks, but many authors treat it like it's the ONLY aspect that counts... for a woman. The problem lies in that it's not just a simple descriptor, it's a description that sexualizes the character even when the context isn't sexual.

Re: Things you hate to see in published fiction

[(Anonymous)]

But can you honestly say there's no difference between describing a man as "broad shouldered" and a woman as "large breasted"? Shoulders vs. tits are just not the same thing at all.