So now that I have tried to defend the stereotypical "ideal woman" that most second wave feminists rant for hours about, I have to say, I think I am making more ground on my ideas as I read more. When reading Mankomsky's take on Lara Croft, I have to say I had to sit and process what I had just read for a while.
First, I would like to take a look at this picture:
The problem for me has never been when a heroine is dressed "promiscuously." The issue within the whole comic and game world is that the heroine is dressed up as a fantasy character for men. I would not say that large breasts is essential for a women to feel represented within the game world, and I certainly do not believe that allowing a man to have free range on my body would be a feeling of empowerment. I truly HATE when any person gets so addicted to a video game that their eyes become glazed over and they are literally incoherent. To have the women represented in the games to all be sex icons, creates women as a complete object. This is where I think I draw the line when being comfortable-- fantasizing over female bodies through cartoons seems a bit extreme and honestly perverted.
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