this is extremely annoying as a woman who likes video games. because i remember when i was a teen women were very outspoken about the sexualization of women in video games, there was actually significant pushback from women regarding this issue (remember anita sarkeesian?). but now any male can say “uh yeah as a woman and a lesbian i love the objectification of women in video games” and there’s literally nothing women can do about it.
and it’s downright machiavellan because of course most female gamers are straight, because, you know, most women are straight. so most women complaining about this issue are straight women. but then a male comes along and claims to be a lesbian and says it’s fine, and what could a straight woman, who holds privilege over lesbians on the basis of her sexuality, say to that? so that is a quick and easy way to silence something like 99% of women who talk about this issue, and the remaining 1% are lesbians who are never listened to anyway. so now nobody talks about this issue anymore, and it’s literally because men have decided that the issue doesn’t exist.