As infinitesunrise pointed out, it’s been ages since I’ve seen the movie, but I don’t remember her being sexualized from the perspective of the audience, only the literal pig sexualizing her, and then growing as a person.
We live in a society which sexualizes teenage women, a work including teenage women being sexualized doesn’t make the work itself problematic if it’s in a negative or simply realistic context.
I could be wrong, it’s been ages since I saw it and there’s been a lot of really bad things in older media I just kinda memory-holed.
The MC being a pig is a reference to the phrase „Porco Rosso“ (Red Pig), which was used by Italian fascists to refer to communists. He’s actually one of the most ethical characters in the movie. He is sexist at first (as are most men in this setting), but acknowledges his prejudice when Fio saves his life.
He doesn’t sexualize her. She has a celebrity crush on him, but he’s clearly uncomfortable with it both because of her age and because he’s still in love with another woman.
The people who end up sexualizing her are bounty hunters who ambush the pig while she‘s with him in his hideout, but she‘s able to use that to save him (again) without getting herself into any serious danger.
As infinitesunrise pointed out, it’s been ages since I’ve seen the movie, but I don’t remember her being sexualized from the perspective of the audience, only the literal pig sexualizing her, and then growing as a person.
We live in a society which sexualizes teenage women, a work including teenage women being sexualized doesn’t make the work itself problematic if it’s in a negative or simply realistic context.
I could be wrong, it’s been ages since I saw it and there’s been a lot of really bad things in older media I just kinda memory-holed.
The MC being a pig is a reference to the phrase „Porco Rosso“ (Red Pig), which was used by Italian fascists to refer to communists. He’s actually one of the most ethical characters in the movie. He is sexist at first (as are most men in this setting), but acknowledges his prejudice when Fio saves his life.
He doesn’t sexualize her. She has a celebrity crush on him, but he’s clearly uncomfortable with it both because of her age and because he’s still in love with another woman.
The people who end up sexualizing her are bounty hunters who ambush the pig while she‘s with him in his hideout, but she‘s able to use that to save him (again) without getting herself into any serious danger.
It’s been a while since I saw it, I remember the swimming scene where he’s looking at her but Porco acts perfectly fine