• shneancy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    honestly when i was a kid i always picked male characters (despite being afab) because “the clothes looked better”, fast forward a couple of years, i transitioned to male and i realised i used video games as my main escape from worsening gender dysphoria

    • AbsentBird@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      I knew a guy who used that exact same reasoning to play female characters. It’s funny how the way you want to look in a videogame can sort of tap into subconscious desires sometimes.

      “Obviously I couldn’t dress like that IRL because of gender rules, but since I can choose my gender in this game…”

      It’s sort of like The Button thought experiment.

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        2 months ago

        Girls just have better clothes in general. I like clothes shopping with my daughter all the outfits and dresses are so cute and fun, theres so much variety! Clothes shopping for my son is such a bore :/

        For reference I am dad, and theyre both in elementary school.