sweetgemberry

It's too late, go on without me. Save yourselves!

It is a constant battle blocking anime communities that post nsfw and just generally (in my opinion) depraved content, even here on Lemmy. I can't go 5 seconds without seeing extremely sexualised content of extremely proportioned anime girls. And as if that weren't bad enough a lot of them appear to blur the line of underrage content which is just disgusting. I really wish this wasn't so prevalent, or better yet, nonexistent. Not only does it feel degrading and dehumanising but also it can't be good for the mental health or sexual maturity of men either. I don't mind if men want to share content of women they find attractive so much but the hypersexualisation, extreme physical proportions, and predatory nature of a lot of the kind of content they do post is disturbing.

Obviously a large contributor is that our communities get drowned out or lost to the void because the ratio of people using these social media sites are producing extreme biases towards men and the sexualisation of women. Which leads to echo chambers of negative sexualisation which then leads to a spiral of greater extremes.

The way I see it there's still a negative social bias around male sexualisation and a whole lot of hetero fragility.

Men that prescribe to that treat content that sexualises a man as being negative (and worse still, gay [I don't believe this personally I'm just talking in that mindset]). Because for them to even see that kind of content, even if it wasn't meant for them is, is unnacceptable. It's not simply a case of filtering the content. No it shouldn't have even been put in front of them at all. But for us why isn't filtering this content enough? we are made to accept their way and they are not expected to accept, or even tolerate, our way.

I'm bi but the hypersexuality of women online pushed me towards being hetero for a long time. It just drained any desire I had to be open about my own sexuality even internally. I know that online is only a part of my interaction with the world but it certainly contributed a lot against me being honest with myself about my sexuality. I can't even begin to imagine what effect it's having on straight men.

That sounds like fun

Understandable but it's a shame that it's not going to continue

Honestly I'd rock an m1a1 in a dress I could have a Kevlar underskirt to match. Let me ride to war atop my Abrams chariot dressed like a queen.

Edit: only after posting did I realise we might be talking about the toys and not dress up.

I think that's bread not cookies. It looks like they're sandwiches cut into shape.

Maybe a bot could even do the part of the moderators and DM a member when they first comment or post. Allowing the user to respond to the bot to confirm if they fit the community and if not then remove the comment/post. A big ask I know but it may be an option if automation is on the table.

I've been waiting for a story like this to happen in the UK for a while now. When I saw this I was actually surprised to see it was in the US. It's only a matter of time, if it hasn't already happened.

I will do. Thanks for the encouragement!

Well, it's taking me a really long time. But the other day I began connecting all the plot points together and figured out a bunch of issues I was having. I added in a new character and that helped put a few pieces into place. So, it's going slowly but I'm making progress.

Well, that's a pretty horrifying thought.