A Guy's View on Male Characters

Continuing my last blog on a guy's view on female characters, Dr. Heide Solbrig asked a great point, do guys have mixed feelings about "hyper sexual characterizations of their same gender"? I decided to ask my boyfriend, Jason, an avid video gamer, that follow-up question. Jason might differ from your average video gamer since he plays often. He follows gaming websites and forums and plays video games on different platforms. He says that he feels indifferent about male characters goofy or completely romanticized. But if he were to prefer anything, it'd be something goofy like Mario which is similar to his character. I jokingly asked if he would be offended if I said he should look like some muscled male character from Street Fighter and he said no. In general, it might depend on the personality of the male. Jason has a good sense of humor and so generally won't take what he sees as serious. If anything, Jason sees those exaggerated male characters as a mockery and it doesn't make him want to look like those animations.