Considering many male wrestlers are near naked I don't get why these autistic cunts are so hung up on R. Mika's outfit in the first place. Plus, ancient Greek wrestlers wrestled naked. I think those were all men. But they were supposed to be showing off their perfect physique as that was a key part of the sport. It wasn't just about strength alone. You had to look good doing it.
I don't really get the whole male power fantasy thing when you compare it to sexy women in games. Many women aspire to have certain body types so they can feel beautiful. but they also envision that losing weight, having bigger boobs or being prettier will somehow dramatically improve their lives in unrealistic ways. You could say that's due to pressure from the fashion industry to be thin and pretty all the time. But if men fantasize about looking like Conan the Barbarian or a bald space marine who can carry a gun three times his size with ease because it makes him feel powerful, then women who fantasize about looking like Taki or Bayonetta are supposed to be totally different?
Women aspire to be beautiful
and powerful at the same time.
Zelda's pretty armor from Hyrule Warriors hits that appeal directly in the bulls eye, as does Sailor Moon I have to admit.
It is a desire that has been exploited and exaggerated by the fashion industry and marketing specialists for sure but as a cultural meme and archetype the woman who as
all the virtues has been around forever.
Now tangent incoming:
This whole thread struck a chord with me in that I realize how frustrating female dominated fandoms can be.
The worst are
all fujoshis as far as the eye can see, the difference is that some of them try to hide it.
The ones who sperg on about "strong" female characters like Katniss, or Rey recently, largely do so for either political points or because those protags are absolute ciphers that anyone can project on to. The launch point for that that projection is almost entirely kicked off on whether or not those female characters are the object of attention of an attractive male character or characters.
The opposite of that are misogynistic mean girls who are at best not interested in anyone with a vagina in their media and at worst are outright hostile to it. As has been noted elsewhere these girls see all other female protags as competition, and threatening to their guy on guy and/or OC jill material.
If there was ever any merit to shows like Gundam Wing, I could never tell because the fanbase turned me off with their constantly blithering about their pairings or shrieking about, "THAT WHORE RELENA."
Ironically, these are the first ones to complain about shitty female protagonists, and do the kind of shit BBAD does. Yet, whenever I've tried to introduce female centered anime, stories, any kind of media they just sniff at it, turn their noses up at it, and declare that the male characters more interesting/better written.
I don't know what to tell you if you didn't find Vanessa Ives whose existence is the reason Penny Dreadful's story exists, or Taraji Henson/Carter's arc from Person of Interest remotely engaging.
This is why female protagonists like Ellen Ripley don't seem to register a blip on their radar anymore, if they ever did.
Ironically it's dudes who keep referencing those mainstays and paying homages.