Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Kolsykol]

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I think this is moreso womens bodies than breasts specifically, tbh I see people spam '' booba '' in Twitch chat regardless of chest size they just do it when a woman is on screen altogether whether real or fictional.
I think it's cringe and really annoying, but that's Twitch chat and Redditors in a nutshell.
If you looked at their chat logs it'd probably not be the only cringe thing they spam.

I also think that a bulge and breasts are totally different things that can't be compared, not only because one is actual genitals and breasts are a secondary sex characteristic.
Which also includes male chests and abs for instance ( and it's breasts specifically too, not only large breasts ).
But also because just from a visual pov you're not going to see how hung a guy is on the outside while breasts are going to be more noticeable.

I actually do agree with body hair but in the reverse, men in media are usually portrayed as totally hairless both to emphasize their perfect physiques but also because it's typically considered to be more appealing.
They're shaved in media to emphasize what is at least assumed to be the most conventional secondary sex characteristics for men and bring it out.

I think that this is more a matter of perception and societal norms, you don't see a lot of people openly admire mens bodies in sexual ways because homophobia isn't exactly a solved issue but also it has only very recently improved.
And men are generally more insecure about that than women are, men don't want to be '' perceived as gay '' and that affects how they'll talk about it and media they consume.
A woman drawing sexy fanart or liking it on Twitter of female characters is going to be viewed differently than a guy doing it of male characters.
And there's also more societal pressure on women to be modest, so women aren't going to be as vocal about it as men are who will just openly screech about it and spam '' booba ''.

And I also think that there is a problem that because the people you refered to exist some people think that therefore the only reason for large breasts to exist in media is always for that reason.
It's the same with revealing outfits too, it always gets reduced down and assumed that you can't just like it but there must be some perverted reason behind it.
And it's the same with art too, a lot of women and gay men will draw art like that even tho they have no sexual interest in women.
But people will still assume the most stereotypical thing about them, and when pointed out to them that they're wrong they'll repeat the same mistake over and over again.

[SturmChurro]

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Yeah, just having a woman on screen is more than enough. Heck, they don't even have to be on screen, if a girl talks, you'll see some massive waves of cringe, from what I've seen from Twitch. I do think there is a double standard with female and male characters in games. Companies are actively making female characters hideous, ugly, covered up. While male characters will most likely look pretty normal at the very least. When it comes to revealing pieces, you do see male characters literally looking like Adonis. We are talking Six-pack abs, good looking, etc.. and you don't really see too many (if any) calls to censor any of this.