(October 24, 2014 at 11:20 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: My wife has helped me to understand some of the aspects of modern feminism that eluded me before.
For example, with the idealized-body-type issue I mentioned, women are made to feel insecure about their bodies in our society. As a man, I don't mind the idealized-body-type in fantasy. Even when I was young and if I'd worked out constantly, I could never have developed the kind of body that men typically have in epic fantasy, superhero or other settings. That's OK because it's fantasy. I feel no sense that I'm supposed to live up to that standard.
Is there a way we can change things so women feel at ease with their own bodies vs. the fantasy world and not feeling like it's a standard they have to live up to? As in, "yeah, my character has big tits, long lean legs and 2% body fat but who cares, it's just fantasy."?
The fact that as few men live up to ideal body image as women would suggest the fundamental cause of women being made to feel insecure about their bodies in our society is not the idealized-body-type itself, but the failure to inculcate the appropriate "fuck that" attitude amongst women.
