Media today might be less sexist but I think part of it is also that it became drastically more sex averse. Mortal Kombat is gorier than ever for anyone to see, but god forbid anything shows a nipple.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The thing that gets me about the Tomb Raider reboot is they toned down the sex appeal, but apparently graphically brutalizing Lara is perfectly okay.

Sexy Lara: Sexist!

Beating the ever loving shit out of Lara: Not sexist!

[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Characters with big breasts must be inherently sexist, or else we can't explain why characters who used to have big breasts now need to have them toned down.

However, it's perfectly okay if the supposedly feminist prequel you're going to release has references to the female player character being about to be sexually abused if you lose, because nothing speaks about female empowerment like threatening the player with turning their character into a SA victim if they don't play well enough.