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[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

I don't know, this is starting to sound like a separate discussion with separate issues, and as a result it feels like goalpost moving.

The issue with women's fantasy armour has long been that it exists for the Male Gaze, as a trope that is propagated by men for the purpose of titilizing men. It's objectifying the female form, and doing so in a way that does not include women in the discussion at all.

The second image, instead of being a continuation of that, just feels like fashion, and complaints about it land as "no one has ever cared about aesthetics in a suit of armour" which is a totally false take and indefensible platform.