Everyone Can Cosplay, Bigot!
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Cosplay was one of the primary vectors for the incursion of women into male-dominated geek culture, and that infiltration relied heavily on male nerd thirst.
No one is thirsting for this.
That's another funny thing about the culture wars.
Sexy game characters? Muh male gaze.
Thots cosplaying as said characters? Empowering, muh sex work, etc
I think a lot of it is post facto rationalization for their brazen rent-seeking. If a feminist of their choosing is getting paid, it’s all good. A lot of true believers end up sprouting from the deceptive justification for what is, essentially, a protection racket.
It was a way that women who don't really have any technical interest or skill to get attention even though there is no real chance they'll give any of the men a chance. It was also a vector for trannyism to become more mainstream