Oshi no Ko Disproves the Male Gaze

As I was rewatching some of the idol sequences of Oshi no Ko, especially Pop in 2 and B-Komachi's Revenge, I had an incredible realisation that this anime disproves a fundamental cornerstone of feminist literary theory. That is of course the notion of the "male gaze" which posits this view that in every piece of media, women are typically the subject or objectified passive actors within a story, while men play the active and more dominant roles. The key problem with this is that it doesn't actually account for the fact that women willingly choose to be subject to the male gaze and we see this in Oshi no Ko. Ruby, Kana, and Memcho aren't choosing to be idols because of patriarchy or sexism, or expectations from unrealistic feminine standards, they're willingly choosing to be idols because they want to make people happy. Follow me on Twitter here: https://x.com/ChristianAniPod VTuber Art and Rigging by: @Momonga_Altosk | Momonga Altosk https://x.com/Momonga_Altosk Channel art by: @nullpo115 | 널포인터 (nullpo) https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/42288675 @k0ni_san | K0ni-san https://vgen.co/k0ni_san Discord Server here:   / discord   This video is under Fair Use which permits criticism. All rights and credit go directly to the rightful copyright owners. No copyright infringement intended.