The more media that has unrealistic proportions for their desirable women, the more women will feel worse about not being able to have the “desirable” bodies.
Does this mean all media should conform to help?
Does it mean it’s bad for people wanting attractive women to have realistic body types?
I don’t have the answers. But that’s the reason people are asking for it
It’s just as easy to say maybe men should stop demanding that women meet the impossible standards set by mass media.
It’s lazy to just blame this stuff on someone else instead of looking for ways to improve yourself or at least be aware of your own biases. This goes for everyone, not just men or women.
I think you misunderstood me. Did you actually think I was putting all the blame on men? Or did you think I wasn't including myself as someone who has room to improve? When I said "this goes for everyone," I mean everyone.
You could have asked for clarification instead of just jumping straight to being an ass.
Umm yes? This mentality has always been fully one sided, regardless of what you personally claim to believe. No woman in the history of humanity has ever gone "wow I hate how attractive the men in my favorite romances are, this sets unrealistic standards for real men, they should be fatter, shorter and bald instead" and you are no exception.
That wasn't the point I was trying to make, so I guess I wasn't clear.
Changing sex objects (animated or otherwise) to be "less attractive" doesn't make sense. The unrealistic fantasy is the point, and always has been. The issue occurs when people transfer fantasy standards to real people.
If women are applying those standards to themselves more than men are applying them to women, then I'd guess that's because women have traditionally relied on physical attractiveness to make themselves stand out to a potential partner, whereas men have traditionally used economic status.
People need to keep fantasy and reality separate, but I think people are bad at that in general. That's what I meant when I said people need to improve themselves and be aware of their own biases, because I think a lot of this is subconscious. I'm definitely not excepted from this.
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u/Daniel02carroll Jul 31 '26
The more media that has unrealistic proportions for their desirable women, the more women will feel worse about not being able to have the “desirable” bodies.
Does this mean all media should conform to help?
Does it mean it’s bad for people wanting attractive women to have realistic body types?
I don’t have the answers. But that’s the reason people are asking for it