/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Aren't we all blowing the concept of bishounen out of proportion? We like men, what about it?

In my opinion anime men are suppose to be just as unrealistic as anime girls. It's part of their stylistic medium, and that aesthetic had better match! To be fair if you simply tone down the clean, perfect, pasty texture of an anime character most of them are meant to represent pretty average people. Not too beautiful, but very seldom ugly. The very concept of bishonen, pretty young men, can actually be found in real life such. 3D people might be pigs, but let's keep those memes out of there. Women like men, and will seek out their preference. Whether this is skinny sticks or burly muscle mounds is their choice. We all just happen to be into this dumb asian artstyle when it comes to our attractive cartoons. I don't see any discussions about guys having a moe-phase?

The discussion has already devolved into questions of yaoi in relation to personal sexual orientation. It wouldn't surprise me if the fujoshit crossplaying will rear its ugly head to bring up our gender of choice too. Wouldn't those be more appropriate and positively bait-iculous topics for an entire thread?