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 donāt understand the part of being inclusive with male players. Donāt get me wrong, like, Iām fine with the game allowing male players, but thatās not exactly an Otome game, isnāt it? Like, its not actually targeted towards women, and itās irritating that many fans make MC to be genderlessā¦ Like, it is an Otome game- Not a game āfor everyoneā. This isnāt 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 canāt 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. Thereās 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 youāll only ever find things for males. Femboys for males, Lesbians for males, despite being lesbians, men fetishize them. Also, thus, thereās more gay porn for men than there is straight porn for women. Itās rare youāll ever find porn female-centered.
Hentai games like What in āhellā is bad? always include male players. If itās explicit, expect it to be for males, because apparently āmore men watch pornā.
Hentai games, which are usually for males and are as proven many times, never include female players. Youāre 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. Likeā¦ Ummā¦ Hello? Thatās 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 arenāt?: Thereās no explanation for that. Apparently making something for half the population, women, is seen as so inclusive that men can also be included. Thatās not true, nor should it be. Thatās basically a way of looking over women and catering to gay men. I find it odd how thereās more inclusion for gay men than women. Like, thereās definitely more women on this earth. That being said, that doesnāt help women at all. Like, if you cared so much about making things female-orientated, there shouldnāt be a male option to choose between. I donāt understand why prettybusy decided that to be best especially when their games āare for womenā. Like, not really.
Making the MC neutral doesnāt contribute anything to female players, because if it actually were an otome game, and, as prettybusy said something along the lines of āWe make MCās face blank so others can relate moreā, then making the MC female would definitely do the trick. If they clearly wanted female players to ārelate to the MCā, then being genderless is not apart of that.
The point of otome games are to raise and boost womenās confidence and self-worth. And creating an explicit otome games creates a bigger message: āA game for women that they can safely, unforgivably indulge in their desires and fantasies without being silencedā. This problem is still at large. Looking at pornography, women donāt receive foreplay, reassurance, or even viewed as humans sometimes. āBig butt latinaā, āPetite asian chickā, āHot ebony does [ā¦]ā, āSexy MILFā, āCurvy white chickā, āBBW does [ā¦]āā¦ Thereās a problem with all of these. They all either are (racist) stereotypes or unrealistic expectations.
āPetite asianā, āBig butt Latinaā are either unrealistic or contributes to a beauty standard placed on women. Yes, itās true many Asian women tend to be short and petite, but constantly putting labels like āpetiteā on them makes other women in comparison, usually blacks, appear more āmasculineā or āunattractiveā. āBig butt latinasā is a VERY high expectation of latin women. This doesnāt 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 isnāt 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 arenāt even near the complexion of black. Secondly, saying Ebony meaning āblackā emphasizes the skin tone of the individual. Thatās fetishizing. Black women arenāt ebonies, theyāre black women. People donāt call whites or Asians āivoryā, just mostly pale or fair. BBWs are beautiful, but mostly in porn theyāre fetishized. Many people often associated BBWs as ācurvyā or āvoluptuousā. Not to say they arenāt, but that label doesnāt fit them since being ācurvyā is defined as having either an hourglass figure, sometimes pear. Which means, that ācurvyā women waists are supposedly small. Letās just stick with what plus-size women since curvy only ever fetishizes them more.
MILFs: We all know the āstep-sonā in the porn isnāt a step-son. Heās just an actor in porn that he wants to live out his ātabooā 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 donāt have much for them and are often shamed for their desires or fetishized. Female-oriented games should be for females.
