>>41590559
because femininity in popular conception entalis concepts surrounding purity and being unspoiled and body horror is typically subverting and critiquing that notion so women are very often the locus of the body horror stuff. its difficult to make men the focus of the body horror that isn't just 'gratuitous violence'. Although its been done of course Alien being a famous example foisting pregnancy onto men, the japanese are quite good at it as well with things like tetsuo but thats veering more into cyber horror cyber punk territory more than body horror explicitly.
