• DessertStorms@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    I generally like your work, and the punchline without the bonus panel works well (and I agree that seeing the rose guy again is a nice touch), but framing women as a commodity for men to purchase (E: in the bonus panel) is unnecessary misogynistic bullshit.

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      5 months ago

      This could have been the same comic but with a woman. It wouldn’t change a thing, you’re interpreting things into it yourself.

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          5 months ago

          If the genders were swapped it would have been a Boyfriend store, there’s endless variations possible, next valentines I’ll expect a Furry store.

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        5 months ago

        This could have been the same comic but with a woman

        Except it isn’t. Because women buying men isn’t an overused trope in all media (not to mention reality), while men buying women is. Because of misogyny.

        You not wanting to hear this because it’s easier for you to keep laughing at lazy sexist “humour” than it is to challenge your bias and make a miniscule effort to do better, doesn’t change its validity.