First of all, Skull Girls is NOT
sexist. Not against women. If you think a game with no lead male roles
is sexist against, then that’s how it would be sexist, but against
females, no.
Skull girls is the same thing near ever fighting game is. Everything our American media is. EXPLOITATIVE.
I’ll remind you Skull Girls’ lead artist and most of it’s staff are
males, and I assume are attracted to women. So, the “idle look of a
women” in a man’s mind was what was used. We know in real life men
aren’t that picky, but give them a change to create an image of what’s
on their minds, and you’re very likely to get stuff like Skull Girls
(among other things).
It annoys the fuck out of me when people act like they don’t know
this. I don’t know who’s reading this right now, but think about this
and do research if you must: When you see something you know was created
by men, or has “manly” themes what do the females look like? Now, when
you see something created by females, or has “feminine themes”, what do
the men look like?
I’ve looked at enough shonen and shoujo animes to know how things
work. Things that are mainly targeted for a certain group, made by
certain people look a certain way. It’s simply shit, people! I’m not
saying female gamers don’t exist, but they seem to be rare or
occasional. Not enough to have “normal” looking people in video games
yet. In this case - with all the words that have been thrown around,
I’ll say “reasonably dressed” women.
We know in real life there’s no way in “hell” females wear that shit
to a fight! But, this isn’t real life, and that’s also a very important
point. People can create whatever they want and make it work. They made
it, so why the fuck not?
Now, about men in games. I’ve seen a vary of men much great to their
female counter parts, but that’s also an occasional thing. Everyone once
in a while you will see a fat, ugly, or old game as an active member on
the fighting panel of a game. Other than that we have a lot of younger
very much of what we consider “attractive” guys. I understand this
problem is in how they’re dressed. Why are the women also naked and the
guys usually have more clothes? I think this comes from what creators
think women like to look at. I’ve seen a lot of fanart of pretty boys
half naked coming from characters that can have on elaborate clothing.
Females can translate sexy, and covering them up gives them the freedom
to imagine! Men are more straight forward with their visualizations. The
designs can vastly different, but the point of interest
is the same: Make a sexy girl, then have her show us some skin. People
that are attracted to females made what people that are attracted to
females want to see. How fucking surprising!
As someone who also makes characters, I design mine in the image I
want them to be. I’m attracted to both males and females so most of the
ones I draw are made in ways I find attractive! I do throw in some
variety every now and then, but by drawing some characters more than
others it’s easy to see where my head’s at. When it comes to my own
characters I like to be what I consider reasonable, and that’s my
personal preference. I have my own idea of what “sexy” is, too.
Apparently, Alex Ahad and other artists have different opinions what
“reasonable” and “sexy” means. I’m fine with that, just so you know.
Don’t get me wrong. When I first started noticing how exploited women’s
bodies are (by people attracted to women, mind you) it annoyed me, but
now I’m use to it.
If you don’t like it you know what you can do about it? MAKE YOUR OWN
SHIT! Make your characters look as average, ugly, fat, or old as you
want! Pull together a team of indie game makers and make games with what
American media and people deem not-special or unattractive. Make shows,
and cartoons, and ads and post them on internet video sites. Have at
it, and have a great time! You can’t complain about how you don’t think
like the way things work, but do nothing about it. We are the media and
the people, so we have to change it. CHANGE IT!
