Sexualizing people due to their sexuality is also problematic. The way our society works is that it either villainizes, or it sexualizes oppressed groups. WOC are oversexualized in the media we consume, and MOC are villainized. You can see it in our fandom too. You got every vanilla flavored villain on screen, and it’s still Scott and Deaton that get the most meta proclaiming how sketchy and vicious they are. The same thing works for sexual orientations. Bisexuals are villainized because they’re homewreckers and can’t make up their minds, while homosexual men and women are oversexualized.
By villainizing and sexualizing people, you fail to view them as a complete being. That’s how propaganda works. Women have been dealing with it for centuries, but it goes deeper than some white woman being pissed that a man doesn’t take her thoughts seriously. When I talk about my issue with slash fandom and their sexualization of homosexual men, I talk about my issue with sexualization. It doesn’t have to effect me specifically. If the issue exists, it is everyone’s issue. If you’re only bothered by things that specifically effect you, congratulations, you’re a white feminist.
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