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It's not just a pixel doll, it's a pixel doll of a male or of a female. Just as real mannequins in real stores are those of a male body or a female body. While that's not important to you it's important to some people.

Some people want to buy clothing that is tailored specifically to one of the genders. You can create counterexamples such as male drag queens, but he has a valid point.

The "do you have a problem with that?" suggests you are self-righteously assuming all the world must agree with you and are therefore out to pick a fight. Just as you have the right to feel the way you do, so do other people have the right to think the way they do. Even if you don't agree with it.

I think his point is that some of these items just look hideously inappropriate on the male base unless you're looking to cross-dress or a similar exception. A person out to buy them could simply preview them in Cash Shop.

Whether he thinks they're hideously inappropriate on a male avatar or not, Gaia is covering it's bases by showing off the item the way it would look on either base for anyone else who might have a differing of opinion. It's marketing, this way they are targeting a wider range of potential paying customers with their advertisement.

Besides, when it is a ridiculously girly item, you can sometimes tell that the staff realizes this. Like the pictures posted here earlier, they put a crazy embarrassed expression on the dude avvie because they figured, yeah, a lot of guys in this outfit would probably be embarrassed. XD

Edit: And actually, he said his point was that putting the male avvies in girly clothes doesn't solve the problem of the lack of male items. I agree. And the answer is, as I said, make more male oriented items.

I think at some point, arguing for the sake of argument has to give way to realities inherent in a sane society.

Gaia has been advertising items for a very, very long time. If you look back, they tended to only place advertised items on bases where it made sense. Something like Mythrill Armor could be placed on any avatar, and was advertised accordingly. Items like Angelic Lace and wedding dresses were generally put on female avatars. It's not homophobia to do this. In real stores there will be male drag queens that buy dresses to wear on the street, but the stores still put dresses on female mannequins. Homophobia would mean to deny them access to the store or to deny them when they seek to buy something. (And yes, I know there's an exception to even that because there are straight men that crossdress to prove a political point.)

I know and agree that there is a percentage of the population that believes that wedding dresses can look good on men. But they are a minority, and even if their opinion is respected, (in the very fact that the items are made so they CAN go on men) it doesn't make sense to advertise items with them in mind rather than the vast majority that'll be buying them.

Complains about cross dressing avis
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Okay OP