Sexist Tropes In Video Games

[MysticSang'ha]

Well we sexualize pecs, male butts, biceps and abs on the men. I sure know a heck of a lot of women who love those

So techincally you women get far more cleavage on men.

Actually, this is unfair! I want as many bare chested women as there are bare chested men in videogames! :cover:

Where's the indication of 10 inches on the male characters? You know I'm not gonna stop asking.

Oh, and show me at least 5 video game male characters where their butts were sexualized. This should be fun.

 

[Me Myself]

Make the cup size bigger. What's the big deal here? Why is everybody saying it can't be done, that it isn't useful in fighting, in game design, and what not? I'm a consumer, and I can demand it, can't I?

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Y'all are beginning to see my point right?

You know what batman doesnt look more like ironman?

Idealization of the reader. I know an ironman armor would make more sense in
EEVERY CONCEIVABLE WAY and the in story justifications for Batman not just doing that are godawful. I still dont want him to wear an iron man suit because superhero muscles are for me an important part of e idealisation of Batman.

I am not sexualy atracted towards it, but I do see the muscles and the coolness in his movements an epytome of body fitness I would like for myself.

I also do know a lot of women like e irrealist armors (DISCLAIMER: I NEVER SAID ALL) . For the similar reason they allow themselves to show more skin ini halloween. A lot of female gamers in DCUO were ASKING exlicitely for more SLUTTY costumes at the start, for more options on high heels and nets, etc.

Thats because they idealized themselves in the superheroine the same way
I idealize myself in Batman.

Its normal.

 

[Me Myself]

Where's the indication of 10 inches on the male characters? You know I'm not gonna stop asking.

Oh, and show me at least 5 video game male characters where their butts were sexualized. This should be fun.

Lets do something, I show you a preponderant male crotch for each wet vagina you show me

About camera sexualisation, THAT is less common, because there are way more male gamers. But then again, the numbers I know are evening up. As I said, maybe you are stepping into an underexploited market, by all means, put some money there! Release the beefcheese videogame! So little out there that if women really want it, IT CAN ONLY BE A SUCCESS,

 

[Riverwolf]

And as an aspiring writer I do not want my stories to not pass bechdel test. That said , it is important to see how thise thins happen and why before assing it is discrimination.

For example, remember the movie Brave? i was AMAZING I jumped out of my sit inthe trailers when I heard the female protagonist say "I am competing for my own hand" I pretty much had a good story orgasm right there!

The roles of the females there were pretty cool. But their leading of e story was completely sensic.al from the point of view of the story.

A prince would not have been as good lead protagonist, because the lead protagonist wanted to convey the beauty of nature and freedom at the same time than being ain a role she does not want and being taken for less iher physical prowess which was of the things she most enjoyed. The reason the mother NEEDED to be the one butchering the big bad at the end was to solve the relationship with her daughter and to end up wonderfully the mother daughter relationship that was what the movie had as its back bone.

The characters didnt had an arbitrary gender. They had the perfect gender they needed to have for the story, and it was an amazing story, easily one of my favorites in a GOOD while.

But look at the protagonist, if you notice, most movies at pass the bechdel test and appeal to both male and female audiences have the female in a warrior position. this is NOT bad, but it is rarely what the woman wants to be , while men do love to look at themselves as warriors. So it makes sense that not so many movies of that are made.

I still have to personally experiment with the bechdel test. Time ago
I wanted to do an experiment that I hvent been able to do so far, looking at a fixedumber of movies that would appear randomly and notice if they pass the bechdel and looking other features in them. I have some hypothesis as to why they dont tend to pass them, but I would need to make the tests.

FTR, I don't put a whole lot of value in that test in terms of determining whether something is sexist or not, and I don't think it was the original point of the test.

Whether something is sexist or not really depends on gender portrayal, and whether it's a bad thing is determined by the point. The Dead or Alive volleyball games are specifically softcore porn games (albeit extremely creepy ones), and so I don't take a whole lot of issue with them; the only reason to play them is to gawk at exaggerated female figures in bikinis. On the other hand, it's completely out of place in games where I want to get invested in the story and characters to focus the camera on one of the character's breasts or butt every scene she's in... Mass Effect 2 and 3.

 

[Riverwolf]

Lets not talk about how much male gamers resemble Kratos please

I don't WANT to resemble that homicidal maniac!

(Great character, great story, but not exactly a guy I want to be.)

 

[Me Myself]

Thats cool for you, I have. Friend who always picks women in games because he prefers to see a woman butt for the whole game than a male one. Most of my male gamer friends do enjoy the fan service.

 

[Riverwolf]

Thats cool for you, I have. Friend who always picks women in games because he prefers to see a woman butt for the whole game than a male one. Most of my male gamer friends do enjoy the fan service.

Fine for them, but out of place fanservice does a huge deal of disservice to the game itself, since gay males and straight females won't want to see that, and so will be immediately taken out of the experience. It causes the game to age poorly with the audience.

 

[Me Myself]

I don't WANT to resemble that homicidal maniac!

(Great character, great story, but not exactly a guy I want to be.)

And I sure dont want to be Batman xD

I meant the body

I would lean more towards the less buffy kind, but wouldnt coplain to have tha physique at all.

 

[Me Myself]

Fine for them, but out of place fanservice does a huge deal of disservice to the game itself, since gay males and straight females won't want to see that, and so will be immediately taken out of the experience. It causes the game to age poorly with the audience.

Gays and women are a minority of gamers.

Even if they weren't, games, as everything, do have a target audience.

 

[Riverwolf]

And I sure dont want to be Batman xD

I meant the body

I would lean more towards the less buffy kind, but wouldnt coplain to have tha physique at all.

I, personally, am perfectly comfortable with my scrawny, scruffy, pasty, George McFly body, thank you very much.

 

[Riverwolf]

Gays and women are a minority of gamers.

And they don't want to be anymore.

Even if they weren't, games, as everything, do have a target audience.

Certain games have certain target audiences. Male fantasy games target men, but I want my games that emphasize story and character to have as its target audience anyone who would appreciate such things, male, female, straight, or gay. It can only help.

 

[Koldo]

And I sure dont want to be Batman xD

I meant the body

I would lean more towards the less buffy kind, but wouldnt coplain to have tha physique at all.

 

[Me Myself]

And they don't want to be anymore..

By offert and demand, then they surely will not be if they dont want to be.

Certain games have certain target audiences. Male fantasy games target men, but I want my games that emphasize story and character to have as its target audience anyone who would appreciate such things, male, female, straight, or gay. It can only help.

By all means.

Most efforts and bests of lucks

 

[Me Myself]

I, personally, am perfectly comfortable with my scrawny, scruffy, pasty, George McFly body, thank you very much.

Suit yourself

I love my body, but I would also love to have more muscle around. Some more tallness wouldnt hurt at all either, but THAT is a lost fight alredy

 

[Riverwolf]

By offert and demand, then they surely will not be if they dont want to be.

And they aren't anymore.

Now, if only the companies could recognize that...

(and if they recognize that the whole "sex sells" thing is actually a load of codswallop.)

By all means.

Most efforts and bests of lucks

Thanks. ^_^

 

[Alceste]

Gays and women are a minority of gamers.

Even if they weren't, games, as everything, do have a target audience.

Actually, women are the fastest growing segment of the market.

Survey: two-thirds of online gamers are female | Ars Technica

 

[Alceste]

I think she makes her point very well, and I agree with her. The portrayal of women in games is ridiculous sometimes, especially in older games. On the other hand, I haven't come across it at all in the games I've played in the last few years. (Portal, Minecraft, Tomb Raider, Amnesia, Myst, Left for Dead, etc).

I'm not sure if that is because my hubby filters out the crap games for me in advance or because this trope is not common any more.

 

[Riverwolf]

I think she makes her point very well, and I agree with her. The portrayal of women in games is ridiculous sometimes, especially in older games. On the other hand, I haven't come across it at all in the games I've played in the last few years. (Portal, Minecraft, Tomb Raider, Amnesia, Myst, Left for Dead, etc).

I'm not sure if that is because my hubby filters out the crap games for me in advance or because this trope is not common any more.

I honestly think it's the latter.

Sexism in games is still a problem, but not due to this particular trope.

 

[Koldo]

Actually, women are the fastest growing segment of the market.

Survey: two-thirds of online gamers are female | Ars Technica

I wonder how many of those gamers strictly play 'farmville' or something of the kind. Likewise, i also wonder what is the overall difference in time spent playing non-casual games.

 

[Alceste]

I wonder how many of those gamers strictly play 'farmville' or something of the kind. Likewise, i also wonder what is the overall difference in time spent playing non-casual games.

Farmville? Pah!

What an irritating and mildly insulting sentiment. Why don't you think women are playing serious games?