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CollectiveCynic on 08 May 2010
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ZenfoldorVGI said:
CollectiveCynic said:
 

Actually the notion of "Sex sells" can hurt how males view women now, they can influence how they would treat and view women in a degrading manner. There's still a strong bit of misogyny in our society, especially for most young adults. I don't mind modeling as a tribute to the beauty of the female form, but it's a different story when the media overly exploits it. The DOA Volleyball games (And the fighting games themselves) are a perfect example of exploiting overkill, a poorly made game with creepy, misogynistic sexuality as it's main selling point. Watching it is fine, but as long as you keep it at a minimum, a craze addiction can lead to bad outcomes.

The notion that "sex sells" is a fact. A fact those in the business of sex don't want to reverse, nor should they want to do so. Sex is in our nature.

Now, I don't buy into the whole "Playing DOA Volleyball makes men misogynistic" theory. It goes along the same incorrect line as "Playing Counterstike trains people to murder and reduces our empathy towards it" theory. People with brains can seperate fantasty from reality, and they don't emulate, or take to heart everything they see on TV(which would be a better place to start, if you really wanted to address this "issue"). We can think, and you don't have to control what we watch, because we again, have the ability to seperate fantasy from reality, as sentient beings.

There is an episode of Penn and Tellers Bullshit, that addresses your theory directly. Youtube it. It's the one about videogames, 2009 season I believe.

I do have a question though, what crazy addition doesn't lead to a bad outcome?

Sex is part of our nature and it's one of the main reasons we exist, but the way sex is express can severly influence young people and the simple minded. Not all of us can seperate our views of what is reality and what is fiction, especially among most social outcast and people who have no idea what goes on in the real world. Sure video game violence doesn't instantly make us into cold killers, but it can make us more comfortable with violence for the good and bad. In Counter-Strike, it's a sport where one competes for skills. In games, most of us play as the good guy to use extreme methond of violence to rid of evil. In GTA, it's a different story because III to San Andreas are a satirical look of our violence loving american culture. GTA IV explores the gray moral areas of the crime life. Its contextual effects some of our views. It's not a big deal, but it's important to portray women better than with sexual glorification.

About the outcomes, watch a overly fanatical otaku hitting on an asian girl and you'll see what I mean.