Sexualization is an emphasis on secondary sexual characteristics and sexuality.
A sexualized character is one with emphasized secondary sexual characteristics and sexuality.
A hyper- or over-sexualized character is one with extreme, exaggerated focus on secondary sexual characteristics and sexuality at the expense of or in place of other attributes
that’s it
Fantasy Armor and Lady Bits
An excellent breakdown of major problems with female fantasy armor and a few suggestions on how to make female warrior sexy/appealing without stripping her off protection.
Written from the perspective of actual armorer.
EDIT: For all math fans, the author also recommended his follow-up post that examines formula from the above image in detail.
edit 2: Updated the links
After discussing the disturbing attitude towards female protagonists in video game industry Jimquisition once again tackles the topic of gender in games by commenting on controversy around Dragon’s Crown female character designs.
Sorry to post again about not-exactly-warrior-outfits, but it’s a very relevant case concerning strictly related areas (character design, women in popular culture).
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
this entire blog is a good read for information and problems re: character design
