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Why do we not sexualize male champions?

Bladeworked·7/3/2015, 7:27:11 PM·5 votes·2,100 views

Hi.

I know this has probably been asked or posted or whatever in the boards, but why do we not sexualize male champions? I get that a lot of the LoL playerbase are heterosexual males and would rather not see an almost naked Garen with only a leaf covering his privates in comparison to an almost naked Zyra with only leaves covering her privates, and that Riot would make more money off of skins that are geared towards the fanservice of the general playerbase of LoL --which is, as I've stated, heterosexual males-- so it'd be more financially secure to release champions and/or skins that befit these factors, but (ohmygod this is such a long sentence) why not sexualize male champions and/or skins as well?

Granted, there won't be a lot of profit by making such champions and/or skins, but wouldn't it be better for Riot, as a company, to satisfy not only the majority of its players, but the minority as well? Maybe a champion or two, or maybe a skin, too! It doesn't have to be fancy and glittery like Lux; it could be a 750 RP skin.

The point is not about "oh my god, girls and gays don't get fanservice we need more heartskerresd variss pelase," but rather, a gesture that's equivocal to the phrase, "hey, girls and gays (and some straight guys if that's your thing, we don't judge), this is Riot here and we acknowledge your existence and present you this half naked, unarmored, really hot Taric (he's more beautiful with his pink armor, though) for 750 RP!"

Here is a list of sexualized female champions:

Ahri Akali Ashe Caitlyn Cassiopeia Diana (ish) Elise (dat sideboob doe) Evelynn Ezreal Fiora Irelia (frostbutt ooh hah hah!) Janna Katarina Leblanc Leona Lux (ish) Miss Fortune Morgana Nami Nidalee Riven Shyvana Sivir (good lord) Sona Syndra Vayne Zyra

Here is a list of sexualized male champions:

Braum (ish) Draven Graves Jayce (ish) Lee Sin (ish) Mantheon (ovaries were popped) Taric (good lord) Tryndamere (ish) Varus (aye bruh) Yasuo (ish)

I was going to put Gragas and Urgot but nightmares took over my body

For clarification purposes, this is neither a complaint nor a queue queue, but rather, a mere question as to why we have an apparently insurmountable disparity between sexualized female champions/skins and sexualized male champions/skins.

tl;dr - hi. read the whole thing :^)

41 Comments

Yatsufuså7/3/2015, 7:36:12 PM8 votes

I know you said ish, but how is Diana sexualized.

Weiner the Pooh7/3/2015, 8:24:35 PM4 votes

Wait, what about mantheon, I mean dat booty in ruthless is op.

FebruAhri7/3/2015, 9:49:49 PM3 votes

How is Ahri, Akali, Vayne, and Leona sexualised? Their splashes show barely anything

arc957/4/2015, 3:40:32 PM2 votes

I dont really care weather they do or dont sexualize champs(male or female)...but Riot over does it and it ruins champs/skins...like dragonslayer Vayne like who the heck is gonna go fight dragons with their whole stomach exposed

but some champs should be sexualized like heartseeker/pool party(to some extent) skins, Ahri(like her lore is built around be seductive so it fits), or head mistress Fiora

also Leona ?... ya man look at dat armor...Fiora too? Braum -ish?...have you seen dem pecks :P

3tyson7/3/2015, 7:49:29 PM2 votes

I think if your looking for sex/sexualisation in lol the problem is you

there are allot other companies providing these service on the internet do

chÖwchan7/4/2015, 6:36:44 AM2 votes

Sex sells honey.

Wajster7/3/2015, 7:40:35 PM1 votes

I think you answered your question in your question.

Razgriz9907/3/2015, 10:01:49 PM1 votes

Ezreal is female????

DeavySlayer7/3/2015, 10:20:48 PM1 votes

Sure you as a father or mother (Example) would not like your son or daughter to play a game with such content in it... would you?

kiwishrew7/4/2015, 3:43:07 PM1 votes

League has a higher male player-base than female. That's all it comes down to.

Stellafreyja7/3/2015, 8:21:20 PM1 votes

I wouldn't even say the list of sexualized guys is that long. I agree with Varus, but that's about it. Someone brought up a really good point in another thread talking about how anytime a male champion is shirtless or something, it's not for sex appeal, it's a power fantasy. Like look at Braum and Lee Sin who are shirtless in their default skins. It's not about sex, it about "LOOK HOW BUFF AND STRONG I AM."

I would like more sexy guys, but I really doubt that would happen.

BlackHorizon387/5/2015, 3:43:37 AM1 votes

I honestly just want to say that until riot does a better job of making the community more accepting and less simple minded and (toxic) we won't ahve things like this.

riot Doesn't appeal to everyone. period...Their community is mean...their rules are member oriented, and you're rarely rewarded when you show promise.

So until they start to appeal to everyone (start to change their tribunal to a non-tolerant system that doesn't allow anyone to be harassing others and trying to belittle others and what not.) we won't have minority targeted propaganda.

The Majority are jerk males who are competitive. We're not an accepting bunch. Which is unfortunate (I am accepting I'm jsut speaking for the majority)

I agree with your idea although I do find it a bit odd that you would come up with a comparison such as this but it makes perfect sense, I jsut never thought about the difference of sexualization in this game....fyi I'm a girl. so....

gimme some credit.

Eleshakai7/3/2015, 9:02:36 PM1 votes

Because men react well to sexualized women than women react to sexualized men.

Also because men generally don't do a good job of drawing sexualized men, and I think a large part of Riot's art team are male.(not all, but last I heard men were still the majority there, although this could have changed).

Finally... because there are more ways to sexualize women than there are to sexualize men.

Edit: And I liked that you included Ezreal as a woman, but she's hardly sexualized.

Syndrarella7/3/2015, 9:21:11 PM1 votes

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