modern lara croft is she just for show

when compared to lara crofts original design the modern design has been toned down sexually, one clear indication of this is the fact she is now wearing allot more clothing changing though short shorts for a pair of long trousers.

even though her design has been toned down especially in the chest area she is still appealing mainly to a male hex-asexual audience, my argument and evidence to support this comes from one point of her design that never changes, this is the fact that she has no physical flaws.
you could argue that she would have to be in peak physical condition to do the job she does however there are no large scares or evidence of any injures that deform her perfectly sculpted face.

now that i have put my views on lara crofts physical form i will now compare her against mulvey's claim that the female is only there to be looked at and re-enforce the males role.

"What counts is what the heroine provokes, or rather what she represents. She is the one, or rather the love or fear she inspires in the hero, or else the concern he feels for her, who makes him act the way he does. In herself the woman has not the

slightest importance."

i would not go as far as saying lara is not important to the sorry however in the most resent game (reborn) lara is portrayed as being weakened instead of her main objective being to find treasure her main goal is just to survive and yes it is possible that this story could have been told with another character as it doesn't tie in with the tomb raider staples.

however even though she has been weakened and there for put in a more stereotyped female for this game rather than the one girl army that she is portrayed in other games, this doesn't mean that she is just to be viewed though as there is a character arc which makes lara a much stronger character than she is at the start of the game.

i would say that in removing the strong characteristics that make lara a large overpowering character the designers have not made her less attractive to the hexusexual male they have just made her a different kind of attractive the kind that a male could see him self being able to help.