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When did the sexualization of women in comic books take hold? Why was it people seemed more interested in the body instead of the story? Why not the sexualization of men? (lemmy.world)

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[–] arcine@jlai.lu 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This just makes me wonder how you even would sexualise men ?

I'm a lesbian, so I have no inherent understanding of what makes a man attractive, and society doesn't really spell it out... Men are supposedly attractive "per se" just by being men, which doesn't make any sense to me 😅

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

Nah there are ugly dudes and attractive dudes