Sexualizing any gender for mass appeal is cheap and I can't take anything seriously if they do that. It works only if that's the point, like the paintings of Luis Royo or Frank Frazzetta etc. Yes, people like beautiful people in general, that's a fact, but there's a huge difference between beautiful and sexualized. Roderick and Scarlet, to use a thematic example, are attractive but aren't sexualized in the art. Though, to be fair, Scarlet WAS at one point, but they changed her design when a lot of fans pointed it out. I don't think anyone with a modicum of self-awareness is attracted to something just because it has a pair of tits or a six-pack on the cover. Unless it's porn. Everything has to be taken by itself AND how it's related to the big picture. It's very hard to explain the whole thing, but suffice to say studies have been made regarding this gender split and are freely available to be found on google. I have no idea how to proceed with this topic, because it's just so convoluted and complicated that I'd have to write throughout the night to be able to touch the most basic of principles. If anyone wants to read up on these things can look up gender studies in general and those related to video games. Though even that's not a great idea because people are so polarized regarding this that it would be hard extracting the reality from the tangled mess.
