Are female gaming protagonists becoming more androgynous?
This man seems to think so.
https://donotlink.it/XWwE
This is just more of a continued trend to essentially transform the identity of women in media into androgynous flesh-blobs, while making them look more masculine and less appealing to most normal people out there.
These sorts of designs are common place in gaming these days, where women are depicted with strong jawlines, stocky builds, and masculine features, resulting in many of them looking like men in drag.
He gives several examples, but I think he doesnt know what the average woman looks like
as seen here: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/07/average-woman-face-around-world_n_4058145.html
Looking at average female faces around the world, the pictures this man shows look like the ones found in real life.
What do you think?
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This man seems to think so.
https://donotlink.it/XWwE
This is just more of a continued trend to essentially transform the identity of women in media into androgynous flesh-blobs, while making them look more masculine and less appealing to most normal people out there.
These sorts of designs are common place in gaming these days, where women are depicted with strong jawlines, stocky builds, and masculine features, resulting in many of them looking like men in drag.
He gives several examples, but I think he doesnt know what the average woman looks like
as seen here: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/07/average-woman-face-around-world_n_4058145.html
Looking at average female faces around the world, the pictures this man shows look like the ones found in real life.
What do you think?
gaming-history
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I feel like it's actually the males that are getting more androgynous, not the females.
– Nolonar
10 mins ago
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This man seems to think so.
https://donotlink.it/XWwE
This is just more of a continued trend to essentially transform the identity of women in media into androgynous flesh-blobs, while making them look more masculine and less appealing to most normal people out there.
These sorts of designs are common place in gaming these days, where women are depicted with strong jawlines, stocky builds, and masculine features, resulting in many of them looking like men in drag.
He gives several examples, but I think he doesnt know what the average woman looks like
as seen here: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/07/average-woman-face-around-world_n_4058145.html
Looking at average female faces around the world, the pictures this man shows look like the ones found in real life.
What do you think?
gaming-history
asked 18 mins ago
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This man seems to think so.
https://donotlink.it/XWwE
This is just more of a continued trend to essentially transform the identity of women in media into androgynous flesh-blobs, while making them look more masculine and less appealing to most normal people out there.
These sorts of designs are common place in gaming these days, where women are depicted with strong jawlines, stocky builds, and masculine features, resulting in many of them looking like men in drag.
He gives several examples, but I think he doesnt know what the average woman looks like
as seen here: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/07/average-woman-face-around-world_n_4058145.html
Looking at average female faces around the world, the pictures this man shows look like the ones found in real life.
What do you think?
gaming-history
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I feel like it's actually the males that are getting more androgynous, not the females.
– Nolonar
10 mins ago
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I feel like it's actually the males that are getting more androgynous, not the females.
– Nolonar
10 mins ago
I feel like it's actually the males that are getting more androgynous, not the females.
– Nolonar
10 mins ago
I feel like it's actually the males that are getting more androgynous, not the females.
– Nolonar
10 mins ago
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I feel like it's actually the males that are getting more androgynous, not the females.
– Nolonar
10 mins ago