Will Final Fantasy XV's Cid be a Lady?

[Shlup]

I didn't mean for this thread to be a debate, so I'll just say this: Sexualization isn't black-or-white. It's not that all displays of sexuality are objectification or none of them are, especially when it comes to fictional characters who, by definition of being fictional, have no real agency. A person, in being sexual, can be a sexual subject or a sexual object, and trying to say that someone must be either okay with every instance of sexuality or none to be consistent shows a fundamental lack of understanding of what sexual objectification is.

Whether a character is a sexual subject or sexual object is highly subjective. Cidney's outfit bothers me because it's extreme in its sexual nature, makes no sense for her role as a mechanic, an, based on what little I know about her, doesn't seem so far to suit her character. It seems to me that she was dressed that way to be eye candy--she's fan service. She's a sexually objectified character. If you don't agree, then I'll live with it, but don't try and get on me about how it's "not consistent" unless I dislike every leggy outfit. Or maybe the fact that 96% of sexualized imagery features women's bodies has made me sensitive--I wonder why that could be a problem. Hmm.

As for armor, aside from it having nothing to do with the frequent objectification of an entire gender, isn't always appropriate. It hampers speed and agility, which are also important. When an armor choice is absolute nonsense then it's annoying, but it doesn't result in that character being objectified--the character is just dumb. Trying to equate armor choice to sexual objectification feels petty and dismissive to me. Unless you just plain don't think sexual objectification is a real thing, which is possible--I've been told sexual objectification is just a feminist buzzword invented to shame men several times recently, which is just...