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s - "Yall need to realize that shirtless guys is not sexualization. They did this so dudes would go like "darn this guy is cool" 
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How would you suggest this game sexualizes its men then?
MK11 Shao has a leather titty harness; that shits pretty hot. Complements his armor skirt-no-pants also.
Stuff like that. The clothing makes the sexualization, not the lack of clothing.
I mean I get what you're saying but I feel like a lot of that comes down the aesthetic of mk. The best example of male sexualization I can think of is magic mike, but things like an unbuttoned shirt with a tie don't fit in the same way (although I would kill for a Johnny magic mike skin)-
And then this r-slur above proceeds to drop a WORDSNUKE with excuses about why sexualizing male characters is heckin valid and empowering but doing the same for foids is now heckin problematic incel gooner chud behavior, just be honest reddit - the male gaze is bad so sexualizing female characters is problematic, but not with male characters, no need to write paragraphs upon paragraphs of r-slurred bullshit, this shit has been happening for over a decade and even normies are nooticing it 
MK9 was peak Netherrealm 
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This argument was destroyed 10 years ago, there are shirtless dudes on female goon books. They are obviously being sexualised.
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It's a dumb argument because part of the male power fantasy is being attractive to women.
The feminists who argue this stuff genuinely believe you can't sexualize men because men (at least used to) be in charge of game development. Even when they're undeniably sexualized like Shao Khan's titty armor, they'll say it's for gay men and still doesn't count.
I've seen women argue that the Bieber-esque skinny boys you see in Korean RPGs are standard male power fantasy and not geared towards the female gaze, and that Kevlar-wearing women in CoD games are sexualized because their faces are conventionally attractive.
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That being said the interchangeable bikinis in MK9 were just boring and anybody still pining after those designs is 100% a degenerate gigacoomer. MK11's female designs were way cooler, there's a ton of room between making everyone as ugly or bland as possible, and just the bare minimum to avoid nudity.
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/u/Independent-Kat123 read my post here, and then create a custom Marsey or suffer the consequences.
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More like the birth control female gaze
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11 is ugly & bland though.
X was way better.
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Yeah I think X was a decent middle ground. I do think 11 had some neat designs like Skarlet but a lot of them do look pretty samey.
9 was just ugly and bland unless you're such a degenerate you can't handle a female character not looking like a really weird porno "actress."
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Skarlet was okay yeah. I also liked Jade in 11. But I think they ruined Cassie and Sonya (and I'm not only talking about Rousey)
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Nah MK11 Cassie > MKX Cassie easily. MK11 had better faces across the board.
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I am actively sexualizing these fictional men to own the libs
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