I’m ok with cyberpunk novels being somewhat good-faith over sexualized. The commodification of the body and sexuality in hypercapitalist cyberpunk future is an interesting and damn near unavoidable topic.
However, it seems (correct me if I’m wrong) most writers in this genre were straight males so uhh…bit of bias there. We need more deets on them packages the male chars were workin’ with!
WholesomeDM
Sexuality is important to the cyberpunk millieu. Vitality, life amidst a dead and sterile world.
<That said, you can still be weird doing it…>
IceColdCocaCola545
I always thought it was done as a way to exemplify just how overtly-sexualized women were within Cyberpunk stories. There’s always sex scenes in the books. It’s a staple of the sub-genre. I’d assumed it was just another way to show how much nothing really mattered within the fucked up worlds the authors wrote about, how what would normally be meaningful relationships were boiled down to human instinct and lust.
But I’m realizing it may literally have been a bunch of nerdy guys being horny and writing about the ideas of women they thought were hot.
Pristine_King_2980
Stephen king did the same thing, but with pedophilia,
akirax3
I was like damn when Molly grabbed that thang from behind
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mmm yeeeeah. So hot. So hot.
Not “just”, but thankfully “more of”
I’m ok with cyberpunk novels being somewhat good-faith over sexualized. The commodification of the body and sexuality in hypercapitalist cyberpunk future is an interesting and damn near unavoidable topic.
However, it seems (correct me if I’m wrong) most writers in this genre were straight males so uhh…bit of bias there. We need more deets on them packages the male chars were workin’ with!
Sexuality is important to the cyberpunk millieu. Vitality, life amidst a dead and sterile world.
<That said, you can still be weird doing it…>
I always thought it was done as a way to exemplify just how overtly-sexualized women were within Cyberpunk stories. There’s always sex scenes in the books. It’s a staple of the sub-genre. I’d assumed it was just another way to show how much nothing really mattered within the fucked up worlds the authors wrote about, how what would normally be meaningful relationships were boiled down to human instinct and lust.
But I’m realizing it may literally have been a bunch of nerdy guys being horny and writing about the ideas of women they thought were hot.
Stephen king did the same thing, but with pedophilia,
I was like damn when Molly grabbed that thang from behind