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VEL MARVA 修 漫 Male gaze. It seems to me that people immediately shout "male gaze" or sexism when it comes to so many things. Yet we continue to find out that women are the ones doing this. We see female comic artists or game designers putting characters into sexy clothes. Wesee female directors suggesting/urging a topless version of a video. We see female cosplayers enjoy dressing up as sexy characters and strutting their stuff. Why is it that we see men who are ill proportioned, super muscled and super powerful as 'male power fantasies, yet people immediately get their back up about sexy female characters? Maybe we need to start acknowledging that many women like the idea of being sexy, of dressing up sexy or otherwise imagining themselves as sexy. Maybe we need to consider what the 'female power fantasy' is and if that coincides with what we often see in comics or video games.

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The important thing to remember about female empowerment fantasy vs male gaze in terms of media, is that sometimes it can be both.

Can a sexualized female character be both empowering and a good character? Absolutely. Can said character also have had some characteristics put there to appeal to the male gaze? Also yes.

Remember, they aren't mutually exclusive traits.

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video games, comic books, gaming, power fantasy, male gaze, marvel, bayonetta, mari shimazaki, fullmetal alchemist, hiromu arakawa, power girl, amanda conner, blurred lines, diane martel, sexy, dc comics

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