[Raine24]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

My observation wasn't at all aimed at you, or intended to represent everyone that likes Cammy's design. Nor was it even a straight line indictment of what most fighting-game enthusiasts might recognize as not a huge departure from what we've seen from Cammy-based media - although, this shit is definitely much more straight thong than risque unitard. What I was getting at was a question regarding hypersexual imagery shaping the wants of the viewer creating a superficial voyeuristic value vs the actual healthy experience of sensuality. I've been, as have most Americans, routinely inundated with these types of overtly sexual images, while living in a society with puritanical roots that's afraid to show nudity on public TV (regardless of the context) and chastises women for breast feeding in public. It's a very strange dichotomy and a schism worth exploring, even here on a toysite, especially when wares like this one are pretty ubiquitous.

While I fit the demo and am, admittedly, securely a breast man in my preferences, I won't presume to speak categorically about the ways in which other males/females (cis or otherwise) objectify bodies or statues of them. To each their own. I also agree with you that hulking men represent objectification too and I've said for years that it would've been hilarious if Tomonobu Itagaki had introduced hung-male crotch physics along with breast physics for DOA. Goose and gander, right?

Oh, by no means did I feel that was aimed at me, it was just your post that brought Arachnid's comment to my attention; my comment was intended to be complimentary to yours, not combative.

And I am very much in agreement that the US has a bizarre preoccupation with sexualization, with rampant hyper-sexualization on one hand and steadfast condemnation of it on the other, often by the same people, and it's a "fun" idea to explore. It does seem to lead to a disconnect, doesn't it, with sensuality as entertainment rather than experience? I feel that there's plenty of room for a more voyeuristic take in the same way that other baser instincts are given form in media (such as violent action films) as long as they're recognized as dramatized, theatrical exhibitions and not representations of reality (with the exceptions usually created, marketed, and distinctly recognized as such) to be seen as the norm.

I mean, unless you're into that weird, theatrical stuff, in which case live your best life and have fun, just don't start thinking that's a standard, you know?

And I suppose one fun aspect of swinging for the same team is that the problematic aspects of the object/goal dynamic of sexual fantasy versus power fantasy can be much, much, much simpler: it isn't "want to have her" vs "want to be him", it's "want to have and be her"

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

I don't get how people can buy ultra-cheesecake statues like that and feel comfortable displaying them in their homes.

A distinct lack of shame, coupled with unearned confidence in decorative skills, with a dash of friends who'd actually express envy over it? :P