Leftists don’t necessarily have an issue with people being better looking in movies and video games than they are in real life; their problem is mainly the parts of the female body that men are most attracted to.
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‘Privilege’, as a modern concept, mostly excludes: the poor, the poorly parented, the mentally ill, the addicted, those suffering from personality disorders, handicapped veterans, rural white folks, Muslim women, adoptees, etc., etc. This reveals that the Left is not primarily concerned about balancing the scales or discussing unearned advantage (after all, having two parents in your childhood home is one of the most profound advantages a person can have, as is being born in the United States, and those are never discussed). They’re concerned with using certain poorly-defined demographic groups as wedges to change our norms and institutions and gain power.
Similarly, the Left doesn’t really care about ageism or ableism or ‘pretty privilege’… When was the last time they complained about a dearth of old or unattractive characters in a film or a show? These are both categories which bear measurable extra social and financial burdens in the United States. Instead all we seem to hear is about ‘BIPOC’ or ‘Queer’ people. This is not about fairness or challenging assumptions. It’s about building constituencies that will be a solid base from which power can be grabbed and held.
Let’s act as is the race and sexuality and age and beauty and sex of characters are not of major importance (which means not race-swapping characters or feminizing stories for any purpose other than fictional effect)… and perhaps we will move toward a world in which these vague and irrelevant factors DON’T matter. They certainly shouldn’t.
