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Originally Posted by Rbneader
1) Half-naked male guy, obvious attempt to appeal to male readers' egos and female readers' hormones
2) Sexualized comic book pose. It's basically the best possible pose to display muscles, and the worst pose if he's actually fighting or fleeing, he'd kill himself by tripping on his sword.
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<shrug> Sex sells. That's a fact, and you're not going to change it. That applies equally to books targeted at male and female readers - look at the cover of the typical Harlequin romance. I don't personally see anything offensive about it; there's nothing inherently "bad" about sexual desire. Isn't all fiction a form of fantasy fulfilment at the end of the day?
I understand where you're coming from, but you're not going to change anything by complaining about it.