So. I'll admit, I haven't been paying a whole lot of attention to my page here. The watches/favs/comments I get on Weasyl are barely a fraction of what I have on FA, so I have a hard time devoting the energy necessary to maintain this gallery, too. That aside, I logged in today to check my messages, and found the note about the update to the content rating system, and I am... disturbed, to say the least, particularly by this part under the General section:
"However, no appearances of genitalia, implied or otherwise, or well-defined anatomy (i.e. curvaceous breasts) are permissible."
I've had problems with how the content rating system here works before, but this is ridiculous. Breasts are part of being an adult female. We can't help it. By this definition, no adult female EVER falls under the general rating here. We're now automatically Moderate or Mature by default. For having breasts. The idea that just because there are boobs, a picture is automatically sexual frustrates me like you would not believe. And I'm positive someone will come along and mansplain at me, claiming I'm blowing things out of proportion or overreacting or whatever for speaking up. Fuck that bullshit. Male nipples aren't sexual, but female are because ZOMG THERE ARE BOOBS ATTACHED. I am sick to death of these double standards. Do I have to resort to either drawing utterly sexless characters or put all my females in burqas to have them pass the general audience test now?
ZOMG BOOBS IS LIKE HAVING GIANT EXPOSED VAGINAS ON YOUR CHEST! COVER YOUR SHAME OR THE CHILDRUNZ MIGHT SEE!
Yeah, I... don't think I'll bother updating my Weasyl page anymore. It was a nice thought, but I'm tired of this assfuckery where the ratings are concerned. If you want to see my work, you can visit my FA gallery.
Huh, I didn't think of it that way (though my boobs aren't exactly all that curvaceous at all...) The way I interpreted it was for over-the-top boobage in skin-tight spandex, but reading it did give me pause for a moment. I don't know, maybe they're not wording it right or something.
I agree with you though, just having breasts shouldn't push people out of the general rating. Even "well-defined" breasts can be tame.
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How about you bring this up in the forums where a moderation can see your concerns and see what can be done to fix it, rather than just jumping ship? =\