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Let's say that's true. So what? ↬@femfreq: Everything about Bayonetta's design is created for the sexual pleasure of straight male gamers.

@saramayhew @femfreq Chris Hemsworths shirtless scenes in Thor1&2 where specifically for the pleasure of straight women. I'm fine with that.

@MM_oa_G @femfreq What we should be mad at is Cumberbatch shower scene was cut from Star Trek Into Darkness!!! AAAABRAAAAAAAAAAMS</KhanYell>

@ANDREW_KILROY @femfreq You mean, who did so at the request of her (male) bosses?

@MaxwellElvis @ANDREW_KILROY Her (male) boss asked Mari Shimazaki to design her with three elements, none of which were sexual.

@CorporalCynic @ANDREW_KILROY And then the programmers and animators threw in a buttload of sexuality, most of whom are men.

@MaxwellElvis @ANDREW_KILROY The design is what influenced the animators and programmers. This was a consensual design choice by the team.

@MaxwellElvis @ANDREW_KILROY It's fine if you or others find the sexuality distasteful, but it's not because that what all men want to see.

@CorporalCynic @ANDREW_KILROY The men I've talked to about Bayonetta, they certainly want to see it.

@femfreq does that invalidate the women gamers who enjoy playing her?

@Badassperger Not at all. Everybody can enjoy whatever they like. Just doesn't change its meaning within the larger context of our culture.

@femfreq From the little I've seen on twitter, it's mostly been men voicing "outrage" about over-sexualization. Which seems… hypocritical.

@zakkain @femfreq how so? I'm a little tired of over Sexualization being used as a gimmick. It's lazy and kinda boring