Anime Influences Reality (4) How Anime Shaped The Sexualization of Gals
In my previous article discussing kogal gyaru and the sexualization of them due to their depictiom in anime, I introduced you to the Gyaru fashion and subculture. Today I will look at how anime inaccurately protrays gyarus as a whole as flirtacious, fille/ femme fatales whom are vain, glamorous and sexual. This has lead to people sexualising gyaru/ gals or having the idea that gals are promiscuious when they are not. This mis interpertation goes into anime and manga who have a stereotypical and close minded idea on what being a Gal is and play into sexualizing them thus furthering objectifying gyarus and playing into stereotypes Due to the correlation between sex and gyaru people think the two are intertwined when it is not. Many people in the west have incorrectly linked being a bimbo to gyaru when the two archetypes are not connected. The example of a bimbo and a gyaru (pictured sub style agejo) are as different as night and day. Here I will compare substyles ...