Any female character I create will have all her physical features dictated by either the person she is created to resemble or to reflect her personality. Maternal ones will be above average. Athletic ones will be below average. The only time I would create a character with impossibly big ones is if she had megalomastia and I wanted to highlight the problems associated with such.

That being said, I do have a concept for a female character that's not maternal but has a large breast size. This is done for humor and, later on, dramatic reasons as the character has a mental condition in which she believes she is male, regardless of all the proof that says otherwise.

Given BU's previous polls, I don't believe anything is wrong with this one except the way it's worded. While is sounds as if breast size is a defining factor of female characters, I feel that would have just as easily asked about eye color, race, height or social preference.

If I ever create a manga I want people to concentrate on the plot and not the bust

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While I adore breasts, I'm not particularly fond of reducing them into tools of fanservice. Sometimes it's lovely to see some jiggling action but most of the time, I hate when breasts are highlighted. They are part of human anatomy and the male gaze and obsessive fascination really sucks every inch of beauty out of carrying them around, watching and drawing them

lol I'm fat and I don't mind the manboobs thing. You don't have to take everything so seriously. And the poll question is actually legitimate, as you would be faced with this decision when drawing a manga. It's not about reducing the character so the size of their boobs, but you cannot ignore it either as you have to give the character some kind of breasts if its female. Personal preference aside, it should simply fit the character.

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That's great that you're not offended, but I'm also fat. And I am. You don't speak for all fat people. And I can take this as personally as I like, I've been dehumanized and objectified all my life, so if I feel like railing against it when I'm smacked in the face with it on a site I like to visit often, I will. Yes, cleavage is an attribute most women have, but I seriously haven't seen a poll comparing penis size yet, and until I do, I'll call this shit out for the sexist pile of bs that it is.

But even if there is a poll asking for penis size, this will still be sexist, as women are objectified far differently than men. Actually, while men can and have been sexualized it is literally impossible to objectify them, as psychological tests have actually proven, that when people see women in a sexualized setting, particularly men, the part in their brain that is used is the exact same used when they are about to use a tool. The reverse doesn't happen. I could go into social theory and how society's repeated degradation of women and objectification of women's bodies has contributed to domestic violence, rape culture and patriarchal oppression, but I don't honestly think it's worth my time.

Good day, and please don't patronize me with your trivial "don't take this so personally" bullshit.

Again, I have to deal with the direct consequences of men thinking classifying women by boob size is ok. from your post, I'm guessing, you don't, so please stfu and gtfo.

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Probably cuz the character development for gals there doesn't begin and end with "boooooobs".

Slightly above average is clearly the answer

Calm down. Really. This poll says nothing about how important or unimportant breast size is, you are just being paranoid. If you want, go to the adult section and make a thread about penis size lol, I don't think anyone will be offended by it.

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alot of people admitting their fat, well so am I. I guess 90% of manga readers are fat.

My way or the highway, huh?

I wouldn't say I'm offended... but I found this poll distasteful.

Personally as a flat-chested female (or maybe I should give myself some credit... below average, but just right/proportional to my body/figure), I tend to draw only smaller/flat-chested females. So I voted flat-chested, lol.

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YES! Where's the "Who cares" option?


That's right, we are so emotional and hysterical for taking this personally and not logically. And why does a penis size poll belong in the adult section while the breast size poll is publicized through the entire Baka website anyway? By adding that extra protection, extra step of going to the adult section you would be guaranteeing that no one will be offended.


The poll implies that the most important thing about a female character is the size of her breasts. I don't care what intention goes into the thinking behind this poll, this is how it comes off to a lot of people.

Where does objectification come into play? Look at the wording. "You are creating a manga with a female character." One, I have not read a manga without a female character. Two, why a female character? Don't we have the option of having multiple female characters? All female characters should be different, why is the poll treating them as if they are the same? Are all women reducible to one blob of titties?

Three, why does boob size even matter? Why is it the first thing to consider when you are creating a female character? The poll doesn't say that it is but again, that's how the poll comes off. Fourth, WHY DOES BOOB SIZE MATTER? Is it somehow indicative of personality?

Look at the type of response this poll elicits. "Personal preferences aside"? Please, this poll is about personal preferences. Why does it ask for just a female character then? What's next, a poll that asks "You are creating a manga with a female character, she is (submissive) (abrasive) (sensual)"? News flash, women are different and that's still misogynistic bs.

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