u/Alphard00-

Any time this phrase is used it’s never about something that anyone is being compelled to witness. It just means “I don’t like seeing this, therefore it’s the fault of the people being exposed”. It’s the coward’s way of supporting censorship and stigma. 99% of the time it’s said about a form of media that is completely optional and has numerous tools for viewers to navigate to the part they want to see.

The phrase in itself “shoved down __’s throat” reeks - “I feel offended by this thing so I must compare it to violent or sexual assault”. Just get over it. You’ll live. Being uncomfortable for 30 seconds is not going to ruin your day.

Nearly every single time you come across media on YouTube or whatever video viewing platform, the comments will be filled with men saying they’d “totally have sex with” whatever woman or vaguely humanoid female entity is on screen. It’s disgusting.

Saying you find a design attractive is one thing, but reducing a character to pure sexuality and announcing it for engagement with other men is pure objectification. It just reads to me: “look at me and how special I am, I like this woman / thing, now give me internet points”. It’s pathetically parasocial and almost inherently excludes any female voice. And of course a lot of them are just doing it for the pure spectacle of portraying someone who would be attracted to something inhuman, ie a character with no or very few discernible human-like traits.

I have a friend who said this is done because men think they act as validators of women’s beauty - by announcing that they find a woman attractive, they are trying to communicate that they are an acceptable partner of the male gaze. I agree with this fundamentally and I was wondering if anyone would want to add more to it or take a a different angle.