cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9591768

Twitch allowing more nudity after disproportionately banning female streamers | Twitch confirmed its policy banning nudity was sexist.::Twitch confirmed its policy banning nudity was sexist.

  • Sibbo@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    How is banning nudity sexist? I can see if they would allow guys to go topless, but not girls. That could be argued. But just because more women on twitch are making money off their bodies than men, doesn’t mean that banning nudity is sexist. Am I overlooking something?

    • squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPM
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      11 months ago

      For example: “Body writing on female-presenting breasts” was forbidden, while there was no such rule for “male-presenting breasts”. There were other such rules that only affected “female-presenting whatever” with no “male presenting” counterpart.

      • Mannimarco@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        I mean men don’t have breasts, there probably also isn’t a rule bannin women from showing their balls

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              Nope. I didn’t know. I don’t see it as a bad thing though. It’s more a critisism of Twitch having to make up rules all the time just to validate their approach to streaming. I’ve been against all forms of sexualised or sexually suggestive content on twitch ever since the first hottub meta. It’s not that I am against it. They could have porn of they wanted. My issue is, that they argue it’s not sexual when it clearly is.