Right, Butcher notoriously plays his cards to his chest and clearly doesn't enjoy giving away details about himself, his world, or his writing process to his fans at the drop of a hat. He's so inscrutable!

I'm sorry for being sarcastic, I do appreciate your point and the conversation, but come on. If you know anything at all about him, you know he definitely likes it.

The in universe short stories from the perspective of other characters don't do that, even from what I recall Thomas's short story lacks any descriptions of anyone's nipples. I agree Butcher is probably inserting a degree of personal fantasy into Dresden's descriptions, but I think he's aware of it and limits it to just Dresden. And even in the main books, Dresden gets called out for that sort of behavior repeatedly, usually by female characters.

I mean, on the one hand, sexuality is literally a weapon being used by half of the things he encounters (fey, whamps, etc.), so it's no surprise Harry notices them. On the other hand, Butcher is the one who put them there, and Butcher sure likes to use sexy feminine monsters a hell of a lot more than he uses bigfoot.

If someone doesn't like sexuality in their books, Dresden Files are probably not for them, and that's ok. But that doesn't make it problematic or even just bad writing on the part of Butcher.

They're noir detective novels written from the perspective of a character with outdated views on women, the author's other writings (even the occasional short stories from the perspective of other characters in universe, many of which are from the perspective of said women) aren't written that way (with a few early-on exceptions). The female characters are actually really great, they're interesting and multi-faceted, it's just the first thing the narrator notices about them because he's a horndog.

I'm an employment law attorney, my favorite reason someone was fired so far was "My boss said I could take the day off to attend my mom's funeral and fired me after I came back." And that's perfectly legal and there was nothing I could do for her. If you don't have a union, form one.