Hi again! I was the OG anon XD. Anyways, I hope ur doing well and all. Drink a cup of water and rest some- I know this may not apply to you, but still. :) Anyways, I came to rant again and get your honest opinion on WHB. Like, I donât understand the part of being inclusive with male players. Donât get me wrong, like, Iâm fine with the game allowing male players, but thatâs not exactly an Otome game, isnât it? Like, its not actually targeted towards women, and itâs irritating that many fans make MC to be genderless⌠Like, it is an Otome game- Not a game âfor everyoneâ. This isnât offensive, but this will offend others. Like, come on. If prettybusy wanted a game for women, it should be for women- Sorry if I offend you, I just canât shake this feeling off rn.
I agree with you.
Here are things to consider:
The adult industry(pornography(hentai, games, etc.) is mostly male dominated. Thereâs a 2% chance that anything even remotely explicit will pertain to the female audience. Go check yourself. Visit your favorite site to watch adult content and youâll only ever find things for males. Femboys for males, Lesbians for males, despite being lesbians, men fetishize them. Also, thus, thereâs more gay porn for men than there is straight porn for women. Itâs rare youâll ever find porn female-centered.
Hentai games like What in âhellâ is bad? always include male players. If itâs explicit, expect it to be for males, because apparently âmore men watch pornâ.
Hentai games, which are usually for males and are as proven many times, never include female players. Youâre always playing this man who may or may not be an average joe, have a beer belly, may have dark skin or a blank face, or even a normal creep. Despite this, he manages to snag his harem of women by doing minimal tasks. Like⌠Umm⌠Hello? Thatâs not how women actually are- I would know as I am one myself and so are you.
So why are female-oriented games inclusive but male-oriented games arenât?: Thereâs no explanation for that. Apparently making something for half the population, women, is seen as so inclusive that men can also be included. Thatâs not true, nor should it be. Thatâs basically a way of looking over women and catering to gay men. I find it odd how thereâs more inclusion for gay men than women. Like, thereâs definitely more women on this earth. That being said, that doesnât help women at all. Like, if you cared so much about making things female-orientated, there shouldnât be a male option to choose between. I donât understand why prettybusy decided that to be best especially when their games âare for womenâ. Like, not really.
Making the MC neutral doesnât contribute anything to female players, because if it actually were an otome game, and, as prettybusy said something along the lines of âWe make MCâs face blank so others can relate moreâ, then making the MC female would definitely do the trick. If they clearly wanted female players to ârelate to the MCâ, then being genderless is not apart of that.
The point of otome games are to raise and boost womenâs confidence and self-worth. And creating an explicit otome games creates a bigger message: âA game for women that they can safely, unforgivably indulge in their desires and fantasies without being silencedâ. This problem is still at large. Looking at pornography, women donât receive foreplay, reassurance, or even viewed as humans sometimes. âBig butt latinaâ, âPetite asian chickâ, âHot ebony does [âŚ]â, âSexy MILFâ, âCurvy white chickâ, âBBW does [âŚ]â⌠Thereâs a problem with all of these. They all either are (racist) stereotypes or unrealistic expectations.
âPetite asianâ, âBig butt Latinaâ are either unrealistic or contributes to a beauty standard placed on women. Yes, itâs true many Asian women tend to be short and petite, but constantly putting labels like âpetiteâ on them makes other women in comparison, usually blacks, appear more âmasculineâ or âunattractiveâ. âBig butt latinasâ is a VERY high expectation of latin women. This doesnât care about the well-being of the woman, but rather that assets she may or may not have. Women are more than butts.
Ebonies and BBWs: Ebonies isnât a name I, as a black woman, would be comfortable of being called. The word ebony means black, which is a pretty stupid label to put on black women. Not all black women are dark-skinned and some arenât even near the complexion of black. Secondly, saying Ebony meaning âblackâ emphasizes the skin tone of the individual. Thatâs fetishizing. Black women arenât ebonies, theyâre black women. People donât call whites or Asians âivoryâ, just mostly pale or fair. BBWs are beautiful, but mostly in porn theyâre fetishized. Many people often associated BBWs as âcurvyâ or âvoluptuousâ. Not to say they arenât, but that label doesnât fit them since being âcurvyâ is defined as having either an hourglass figure, sometimes pear. Which means, that âcurvyâ women waists are supposedly small. Letâs just stick with what plus-size women since curvy only ever fetishizes them more.
MILFs: We all know the âstep-sonâ in the porn isnât a step-son. Heâs just an actor in porn that he wants to live out his âtabooâ fantasies. This is fairly the worst in my opinion. This is the most unrealistic, but not the worst one of expectations from women since, not every woman you see will be your step-mother-
In conclusion: Women donât have much for them and are often shamed for their desires or fetishized. Female-oriented games should be for females.
