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Her back is more arched, she’s leaning forward while he’s standing straight, her hips are at an angle, and her legs are spread apart. They’re different poses.
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That difference is hardly noticeable for an average observer. It does not scream "rape me" or anything sexual in particular. They're removing a non-sexual pose for being potentially sexual. Everything is potentially sexual. The male ninja could be potentionally sexual. That was precisely the point TotalBiscuit was making in his Winston parody video.
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Spoiler alert: the team could have initially been happy with the pose and changed their minds about it. They explicitly stated they were considering removing it, why would they lie about it?
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Because avoiding as fire bad press (even if it's totally unjustified) from overly sensitive feminist groups isn't a good motivation, right?
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Yeah I would agree with that. I wouldn’t care either way if it was removed, but I don’t think the decision warrants any backlash either.
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I haven't even played Overwatch, it doesn't affect me at all. But it's still a stupid decision made because of a stupid post.
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My favorite example of sexualization of male characters is Metal Gear Solid. It has such a weird focus on macho men with nice asses I’m like 99% sure Hideo Kojima is bisexual.
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That's a dumb reason to assume that.
Also, it's wrong.
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The usual difference between sexualization of men in fiction is that it’s still aimed at men and is more about their power – when women are sexualized it’s “hey guys check out this hot bod”, whereas when men are sexualized it becomes “whoa look how STRONG and HARDCORE these dudes are”.
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How do you know how most people react to it, exactly?
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It still sets an unrealistic image and is really weird and gross, but for different reasons.
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I never thought a game featuring scientific super gorrilas should be realistic.