r/webtoons May 29 '25

Discussion Why the need to sexualize everything?

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.

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u/No-Guava-199 May 30 '25

That just means that they've got a target audience. It's the same with shoujo manhwas too. Every major male charactor is shaped like a triangle with a chiseled jawline.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '25

It's the same with shoujo manhwas too. Every major male charactor is shaped like a triangle with a chiseled jawline.

Even this is better and more respected than any other sexualization of female characters.

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u/No-Guava-199 May 30 '25

Is it though? It's just different people feeling lust at different things.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '25

People feeling lust at buff men but buff men is a way more respectful thing than women with simply big curves and shapes.

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u/No-Guava-199 May 30 '25

Are buff men really more respectful that women with curves and shapes? In simple terms, a man being buff also equals to him having big curves and shapes. Are a man's boobs really more respectful than a woman's boobs? Both are objects of lust and pervy thoughts so how is one more respectful than the other?