Dont even have to watch these videos, just look at the comments on them ( I recommend using ad block to not give these people any ad revenue profits, even if its a few cents): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlwnlb72rLo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pman_LN8sVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfCzdZZtP5g
And the thing that pisses me off is that anime is actually such a diverse medium, that there are literally mountainloads of anime that dont sexualize women. There is literally genres like shoujo and manhwa geared towards female audiences, and yet these people go into shounen (a genre meant for teenage boys), and the complain that the women are sexualized.
https://ibb.co/qWMmYMs https://ibb.co/8zRf8sQ https://ibb.co/x2GcyNH
And when you point out that there are genres that gear towards women as well, its still not enough for them.
Related to the post u/Theman2008 made earlier today
Is it me or do the majority of women who whine about “male gaze” have jealousy issues? It seems like they can’t handle the idea that someone marketing to guys will include attractive women. Of course every superhero or guy on the cover of a romance novel has rippling muscles. Or wouldn’t 50 Shades be a massive example of the female gaze?
I mean, you could say the same for the feminist movement as a whole; most of them are not attractive, and the ones that are are usually indoctrinated college girls who are trying to fit in with the 'cool kids.'
Also, they suffer extensively from Protagonist Syndrome, where they all think they're the main character of life. Of course it's an insult if someone else - even fictional characters - are more attractive than them, or gets more attention. Narcissism through and through.
Also fits perfectly with why someone like Anita Sarkessian who admitted to not being a gamer couldn’t just say gaming wasn’t for her and move to something else, she had to make up a crusade to “fix” the hobby.
Every woman wants to "feel pretty/cute/attractive." Its in their instincts. Its why their self esteem is so deeply tied to it. Even if they argue they aren't trying to attract men by wearing makeup or certain clothes, the very idea of "feeling" good about your appearance is basically their entire confidence's foundation.
So when they see attractive women, and that men find that woman attractive, it reminds them of their own lack. Now, most could probably reach a 7-8/10 level of attractiveness with effort, but they don't want to put it in. Its easier in their mind to change all of society to lower the bar to their level than simply try.
That’s a big difference between men and women. If I see a dude that’s in shape that just reminds me to eat better and keep at my weight goal. But I totally agree. There is an episode of King of Queens where his wife sees construction workers by their house and is worried about getting catcalled. She is then disappointed when they don’t catcall her
You only have to watch the interview where Jordan Peterson suggests corporations should ban makeup in the workplace and look at the women's expressions, like he just told them to amputate a leg.
"Male gaze" is a bs term coined by some retarded art critic called John Berger, it's just taking the concept of "scopophilia" and making it a gendered issue because that's how you are brave and women would never look at men lustfully (except when they do, then it's empowering or something)
That's absolutely a huge part of it. The other part is actual androphobia. Both are rooted in how most women are failed women, which is its own topic. Failed women have a particular neurosis where they're both upset when a man (even a hypothetical man) doesn't find her attractive all the time, and also so deathly afraid of male sexuality that they don't want to see sexually provocative imagery displayed anywhere,
You've already mentioned the catcalling thing. That may have been a joke in a TV show, but it's a legitimate thing with women. Another good example are the western fujoshi - they desire male sexuality strongly enough that they're practically defined by their obsession with it, but also so afraid and disgusted by it being directed towards a woman that they can only play with it in the "safe" environment of gay porn.