Looking for specific male sexualization in comics (Read everything, please)

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It's funny. Posting homo-erotic pictures seems progressive and empowering.
But posting cheesecake girls feels more sexist and shameful.
just an observation

The thing to realize is that both the objectification of women as sexual possessions, and the erasure of gay male sexuality have been tools of the straight male subset of the population to cement their power and strengthen their own egos.

So it's not that "funny" - it's quite logical.

While the erasure of hetero female attractiveness and the promotion of gay male sexuality are, of course, not all "tools" of certain subsets looking to cement their power and strengthen their own egos.

It's not trolling simply to point out a flaw in your logic. You put forth a dichotomy between (a) the people who are doing things to "cement" their power and (b) the people who want greater representation, but you're neglecting to admit that the latter parties are just as much involved in ego-strengthening and power politics.

I'd add that I think certain of the latter parties have more power than you say they do. Some people use the power judiciously, and some don't, but nobody is intrinsically ennobled just because their side is the more marginalized.

I agree People wanting what they want to see in comics or any entertainment medium is just what it is. The customer making demands of the creator. No less or more righteous on either side.

Dude.
The post answering that was quoted TWICE on this page of the thread.

If you mean this ....

Men are more visual then women. The way women sexualize men is different then the way men sexualize women. That’s why the largest population of people who buy playgirl aren’t woman but rather gay men. Naked pictures of men aren’t the direct parrellel of naked women. Trashy romance novels are.

... its a generalization. Which is always good for trying to prove some small aspect about an entire demographic. In comics, yeah, more men read them so more gals are going to be sexualized in them. Have you watched any TV? Supernatural is probably a 99% female viewership and they cut no corners in making as much beekcake as possible appear on the screen. So I am not going to take this post as "explained".

I did miss this ....

The irony is that as more people have been including LGBT representation in comics, the creators who are doing it are being careful not to be exploitative. The type of specific images that the OP is looking exist but not coming out of mainstream companies that are trying to be non-offensive.

If this is truly the case then it would seem that the objectification of any gender/sexual orientation should be deemed offensive if one is. Or is is just a perception publishers think is the case?

I don't recall the name of the thread, but it was pretty huge. I believe it was in the DC Comics forum, so you might have missed it.

I probably did then. I didn't spend much time in the DC forum.