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Hotter take: media does not inherently have less artistic value because it depicts sex or even was made with fetishistic intent.

Neurodivergent 5w

I feel like some younger progressives are reinventing, “Sex is evil and sinful and makes you impure” but in a “woke” way. Sex is not bad! There is nothing wrong with having lots of sex, and nothing wrong with not having sex either.

Anonymous 5w

ALSO TRUUUE. I have a special interest in p0rn(no clue if yikyak auto deletes for that so just being safe), mainly the illustrated stuff, and there’s some really good art out there. And as an aside, people also seem to assume that if media has a focus on sex it’ll only be about sex. There’s some games out there that nearly made me cry .

Anonymous 4w

My take is that erotic media is valid but “fetishistic intent” is not great, especially when it’s done to people. To fetishize a person is usually done by a powerful group to an oppressed minority due to how social power works. Does it have artistic value? Sure. Is it still “good” even though it might fetishize and objectify minorities? No

Anonymous

#1 4w

do you have any recommendations? I’ve honestly found games that include it usually have way deeper character writing and I love that

Anonymous

#2 4w

There’s one game called the forest of love that has a big focus on the characters interactions and history and does have some genuinely heartwarming moments where they all come together to brave the events of the game, but it IS a feral furry game with decently accurate anatomy to the animals the characters are based on along with a lot of kinky stuff so it’s certainly not for everyone on the sex side of things

Anonymous

#2 4w

I haven’t been in this thread, but if you want one that will make you cry in the opposite direction. The outlast trials. It’s genuinely offputting and horrific.

Anonymous

#4 4w

Having a fetish is not inherently bad, though? Sexualizing someone else without their consent is the problem. Like I’m a fat person. I do not care if other people have a fetish for fat people as long as a stranger isn’t sexually harassing me.

Anonymous

OP 4w

I didn’t say having a fetish was bad. I’m saying that objectifying others is the bad thing, not having sexual thoughts. I’m talking about sexualizing someone (or an entire group of someones) without consent and in a clearly dehumanizing way. Like racist or homophobic depictions in media that rely on racist or homophobic sexual stereotypes. Ex: “all Black men are cheaters,” “all queer men are hypersexual,” “all lesbians are predators,” or the fiery Latin lover stereotype