those things aren’t women. They’re actually so—okay I think they manage to be APPEALING rather than GENDERED? Related to this, loads of boys and young men are perfectly comfortable in a basically non-transgressive way (on VRChat) presenting themselves as anime girls, they’re bedecking themselves with “anime girl” the same way they would with fancy shoes or fancy motorcycles or fancy cars. Like, an anime girl is desirable without being or conferring gender, in a way that feminine ACCESSORIES are not. Anime girl avatar people with drip are always cishet boys or men, anime girl avatar people with actual feminine accessories boys are taught not to touch or hold are generally gay or trans. Like, a handbag has legit got more femme/female gender to it than a whole ass anime girl intrinsically has.

An anime girl is like Air Jordans.