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Anyone else see so many pictures of pretty women that it makes them want to transition? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My social media algorithms show me so many cool cosplayers, tomboys, pretty girls in a variety of nice clothes, alt girls, fairies with elf ears but never any attractive men doing anything cool or stylish or interesting that it just feels so lame being a guy.

I never see any attractive men (im bi) with interesting style or clothes or looking attractive in cosplay or being artistic and hot. Are dudes just so boring with their looks or is my algorithm just too skewed towards women?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (16 children)

because everyone regardless of gender and age are biologically conditioned to look at them.

Sorry but this is bullshit. Images of women dominate social media because men with power (and money) tend to like looking at them. I may not be socially conditioned to treat men as objects but the lack of choice this society affords me does not somehow mean I have the same visual preferences as the men who dictate my world.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Images of women dominate social media because men with power (and money) tend to like looking at them

Lol you think all the horny 20 something dudes salivating over Instagram hotties have power and money?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Clicks are money. The people making the decisions are not the people they're trying to make money off. HTH

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, you're confused about this. People with money are not driving the behavior of the hottie enjoyers. It's the reverse. Joe Everyman is willing to give his attention to hot women, and Instagram is profiting off that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ordinary people have the power to control what they see?

Bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Unsure if trolling or not. Yes, you have the power to choose what you view online.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Who decides what is made available to view?

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