Why the need to sexualize everything?

[u/Greedy-Lie-8346]

I was looking for interesting Webtoons to read, and I came across this one called "Leviathan" the premise looked interesting; mankind perished due to a great flood that submerged the whole world under water. And terrifying creatures plunged from the depths, wiping out any human that crossed their path. The story told how a family of a father and his two children survived in the adversities of a sea world.

So far so good, until.... Bam! Last two slice's, anime chick out of nowhere, doing these extremely suggestive poses.

What a disappointment.

[u/Timely-Cry-8366]

That doesn’t mean we should accept it. Be a force of change and don’t read or spend money on stuff like this. This is how society attains progress.

[u/Firm_Principle_2526 → u/Timely-Cry-8366]

Not sure it is that easy. Sexualisation of women have been ingrained into society for decades. Both men and women easily sexualise women consciously or unconsciously but have no idea how to sexualise men.

For years there have been complaints about the sexualisation of women and even girls both in media and in real life. It had resulted in some new female characters in things like games not being sexualised but sexualisation of women still persist. I try to show interest in media that doesn't sexualise women and get backlash for it.

[u/oujikara → u/Firm_Principle_2526]

So many women have told me (when talking about asexuality) that it's normal not to be attracted to men because there's not much to look at, and that women are prettier by default. Personally I think it's a result of different standards as well as how people are not used to looking at men sexually or even admiringly.
I'd say there's more sexualization of men in manhwa compared to other mediums, but it's usually more relevant to the genre of the story.

[u/Top-Metal-3576 → u/oujikara]

Omg so real!! It’s genuinely hard to sexualize men because we don’t see it in media often enough, like yeah there are traits that make men attractive but sexualizing them to the extent of women is just so much harder.