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⌈ Secret Post #2171 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think a thong highlights the "female form". It highlights the ass and that's about it.

Female asses are rounder and more prominent.

This is going to start a long tangent on basically MORE male or MORE female. Both men and women have hips, but women have rounder, bigger hips, and therefore hips are looked at as a feminine trait. This is almost universal and this is pretty much deep-rooted. This is not a culturally condition standard of male vs female beauty, this is how we perceive male vs female forms on a biological level.

And high heels make the hips swivel and elongate the legs, but guy hips can be just as hot as girl hips. And legs as well.

What is highlighted when it comes to male and female forms is different here. Both legs should be long, but male legs should be muscular and thick, female legs should be longer and rounder.

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<I>I don't think a thong highlights the "female form". It highlights the ass and that's about it. </i>

Female asses are rounder and more prominent.

This is going to start a long tangent on basically MORE male or MORE female. Both men and women have hips, but women have rounder, bigger hips, and therefore hips are looked at as a feminine trait. This is almost universal and this is pretty much deep-rooted. This is not a culturally condition standard of male vs female beauty, this is how we perceive male vs female forms on a biological level.

<i>And high heels make the hips swivel and elongate the legs, but guy hips can be just as hot as girl hips. And legs as well.</i>

What is highlighted when it comes to male and female forms is different here. Both legs should be long, but male legs should be muscular and thick, female legs should be longer and rounder.

<IPeople also seem to forget that men in comics are almost never posed to look like submissive little victims (exposing throat, opening legs, looking away in a shy way, presenting their "assets" in a "come take me" kind of way, open mouth).</i>

No, these are simply sexually available poses NOT submissive ones. All of these things remind people of what a woman looks like in bed, which YES tends to look pretty exposed. That's part of the emotional appeal of sex as well: intimacy and trust.

<i>Namor is sexy, but in the end he's just a guy in speedos. He's sexy in a "oh look, a guy with a hot body" kind of way.</i>

If you drew the exact same speedos on a woman it would look more masculine. Male speedos are thicker and cover the hips a lot more. Otherwise, yes, usually his outfit is just about showing skin. The one linked to, however, is NOT. It clearly highlights his shoulders and arms. A woman dressed to look the same type of sexy would not be wearing an outfit that looks like that. It would highlight her hips and breasts, not her abs and shoulders.

<i>You only think it's ridiculous for men to wear thongs/heels/etc because society has taught you that only women need to wear this stuff and if men do it they lower themselves, which is only acceptable for women.</i>

This belief is just stemming from a huge misrepresentation about standards of beauty. Almost all of them are biological, not cultural.

<i>Sorry for the wall of text, but this male form/female form stuff mostly comes from defenders of sexism in comics and it really has made me bitter at this point.</i>

Just because it's highlighting the female form doesn't make it okay to represent women like that. This is the issue, not that they're making the distinction at all. Men are dressed to look more combat-ready. To look tough and dangerous. Not to look sexy. Women are dressed to look sexy and sexual, not to look tough or capable.

This is an issue when it comes to designing HEROES.

[(Anonymous)]

lol biotruths

[(Anonymous)]

Are you aware that women have a different physiology than men? Like...have you have seen a woman?

I'm not saying women are more suited to being dressed sexily, which is what you would imply if you're saying "biotruths". I'm saying that anon is frankly wrong if they think certain things aren't meant to emphasize female form over male form in an objective sense. Both men and women have shoulders, but male shoulders are wider and more immediately noticeable, therefore, male trait.

It still doesn't justify the way women are drawn and portrayed.

[(Anonymous)]

Don't worry, some people haven't had high school biology yet and don't realize that you can tell the sex of skeletons that are millions of years old (and you don't even need a whole skeleton to do that). Bones are a social construct, don't you know?

[(Anonymous)]

DA

What is highlighted when it comes to male and female forms is different here. Both legs should be long, but male legs should be muscular and thick, female legs should be longer and rounder.

Not always. I expect Big Barda to have thicker, more muscular legs than, say, than, say, Nightwing, because one is an acrobat and the other a tank. That's the problem, when artists don't take into account that not every male or female form should have a generic build, they each should have different physical characteristics based on their skills.

No, these are simply sexually available poses NOT submissive ones. All of these things remind people of what a woman looks like in bed, which YES tends to look pretty exposed.

Women don't look like that when they're being aggressive in bed. There's different types of sexual availability, and the one almost universally chosen for women is flailing backwards, waiting to be taken, instead of leaping forwards, seeking to take (or meet as equals). No doubt the former is more appealing to most of the men drawing them, I'm not arguing that, but it's not the only type of sexuality there is for women, and it's not the one every female character would express.

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, I just didn't preface with it 'generally', but...yeah, I meant for that to be implicit in what I was saying. Sorry.

[(Anonymous)]

You're gross.