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Cake day: October 22nd, 2023

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  • To be “more worried” implies I’d be on the lookout for, not making accusations using only the mod as proof. It raises my hackles.

    And I’m not saying that homophobia, internalized or not, shouldn’t be considered. Homophobia and misogyny go hand-in-hand quite often. My point was merely that I’d be looking for misogyny first. because someone who wants women’s bodies to be exposed but wants or allows men to be more covered up clearly values the two groups differently.

    As you say, there are other reasons to engage in such behavior. But a) I’m probably going to be reasonably skeptical of those reasons and b) even if they have those reasons, it doesn’t make them not a misogynist.

    FWIW I’m gay and nonbinary. I get where concern for homophobia is coming from. It’s just not my first thought in the specific scenario we’re discussing.




  • I mean, if we’re taking the example of flattening an ass on men and leaving round, partially exposed asses on women, I think we’re going beyond objectifying people. The game let’s you run around naked with genitals on display. If someone wants to have that kind of play experience, they can do it without mods. So if they feel the need to desexualize men and leave women in sexual roles, it tells me something about how they see women.

    I’m not asking you to come to the same conclusion. You’re free to feel however you want.






  • Does this make everyone’s ass flatter or just Asterion’s? I’m genuinely curious. Because I know he isn’t the only one that’s caked up.

    Even then, if it’s just Asterion and not other male characters, I don’t know what to make of it. I don’t think making an ass flatter is homophobic (although it certainly isn’t ally behavior). But it might reveal some internalized homophobia. Maybe. Again, I’m not really sure.

    If it were all male characters and none of the female characters I’d be more concerned about sexism than homophobia. But that’s just me.