Around when did the idea that you can’t have an attractive woman in artwork or entertainment come about? Is the “male gaze” nonsense something fairly new? I remember seeing the “your just mad because you can’t jack off to it” not too long ago on gaming forums if someone pointed out that they seem to make women to look like men.
Yet I’ve heard plenty of women gushing over the Witcher because of Cavill or women who loved Mamoa in GOT and Aquaman. But if I say I’m going to see this movie because the lead actress is hot I’m sexist. Also, it’s interesting how stuff like romance novels have men with rippling muscles but women have to look “realistic”
I remember seeing complaints about booth babes in 2004. They made sure to take pictures, and then complain about it.
Sony has this timeline in their heads about the average age of gamers. It's why crash became jak and then uncharted and then the last of us. The age of the characters matches with the expected age of the gamer.
Anita Sarkeesian and the like stepped in when the industry was trying to look more mature and less kiddie. Being about hot babes and explosions was seen as immature. She exploited that.
But tis a stupid rule. I still had fun with the crash remasters, tho not a kid anymore.
I know. But somehow they believe it then call others kiddie for still releasing Mario and stuff.