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<blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 7686812" data-attributes="member: 9789"><p>I'm sure their art is, and I've seen some great examples from them, too - I'm not trying to make broad implications, just talking about this one image. And they're also doing great work on diversity, I know. But "cultural" factors don't do anything to justify the fact that this image is problematic on multiple levels. You can create an image of a woman who is just trying to show off her tattoos... and that ain't it. This image isn't empowering or trying to make her look strong in any way. That's an image that is trying to capture a male market segment; nothing more. Again, I'm not trying to attack Paizo; I'm just saying that for a company that does so well in some places, this particular character/image is impressively bad, and that made me think it had to be much older than it probably is.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Those are women choosing to dress the way they want because that's their choice. The woman in this image was a creation of a man drawn in a way to please men. Like I said, you can draw women who have agency and who are both empowered and sexy. But this isn't any of those things: this is just sexism.</p><p></p><p>And yeah, just because a woman is queen of a nation doesn't mean she's empowered if she's forced to wear skimpy clothing designed to show off her underboob (and nothing more). You can write whatever backstory you want but the pose and the clothing are telling a different tale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="evilbob, post: 7686812, member: 9789"] I'm sure their art is, and I've seen some great examples from them, too - I'm not trying to make broad implications, just talking about this one image. And they're also doing great work on diversity, I know. But "cultural" factors don't do anything to justify the fact that this image is problematic on multiple levels. You can create an image of a woman who is just trying to show off her tattoos... and that ain't it. This image isn't empowering or trying to make her look strong in any way. That's an image that is trying to capture a male market segment; nothing more. Again, I'm not trying to attack Paizo; I'm just saying that for a company that does so well in some places, this particular character/image is impressively bad, and that made me think it had to be much older than it probably is. Those are women choosing to dress the way they want because that's their choice. The woman in this image was a creation of a man drawn in a way to please men. Like I said, you can draw women who have agency and who are both empowered and sexy. But this isn't any of those things: this is just sexism. And yeah, just because a woman is queen of a nation doesn't mean she's empowered if she's forced to wear skimpy clothing designed to show off her underboob (and nothing more). You can write whatever backstory you want but the pose and the clothing are telling a different tale. [/QUOTE]
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