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[–] shneancy 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

honestly when i was a kid i always picked male characters (despite being afab) because "the clothes looked better", fast forward a couple of years, i transitioned to male and i realised i used video games as my main escape from worsening gender dysphoria

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

I knew a guy who used that exact same reasoning to play female characters. It's funny how the way you want to look in a videogame can sort of tap into subconscious desires sometimes.

"Obviously I couldn't dress like that IRL because of gender rules, but since I can choose my gender in this game..."

It's sort of like The Button thought experiment.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

same as an amab I always used to play women cause they got better clothes. I am not trans tho, I mean probably not.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Girls just have better clothes in general. I like clothes shopping with my daughter all the outfits and dresses are so cute and fun, theres so much variety! Clothes shopping for my son is such a bore :/

For reference I am dad, and theyre both in elementary school.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Men's clothing has better pockets tho. We need to normalize big pockets on all clothing. Also normalize pink men's clothing to make it less boring

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

To make it less boring, what we need to normalize is men's clothing in more shapes and multi color patterns.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

great insight and so fucking true

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

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