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[โ€“] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Media today might be less sexist but I think part of it is also that it became drastically more sex averse. Mortal Kombat is gorier than ever for anyone to see, but god forbid anything shows a nipple.

Characters with big breasts must be inherently sexist, or else we can't explain why characters who used to have big breasts now need to have them toned down.

However, it's perfectly okay if the supposedly feminist prequel you're going to release has references to the female player character being about to be sexually abused if you lose, because nothing speaks about female empowerment like threatening the player with turning their character into a SA victim if they don't play well enough.