lestatdark said:
I_hate_Itagaki said:
lestatdark said:
I_hate_Itagaki said:
lestatdark said:
Female protagonists, as long as they're well portrayed, with actual human similarities and their own intricacies are just as good as a well developed male protagonist.
Some of my favourite protagonists, not only in games, but in films, are female protagonists, who exude an aura of self-esteem and ability to resolve problems, while still keeping human faucets that are intrinsic to natural human behavior.
Aya Brea, Selen and Milennia are probably the best videogame protagonists (both female and male) ever created.
OT - I said it on another thread and I'll say it again. People nowadays have no grasp about what the actual meaning behind the word sexist really portrays. Which is an actual shame indeed, seeing how easy such a strong word is thrown around in here, with no actual direct reason as to use it. And it's also extremely funny how somehow, sexist seems to limit itself to a single gender bias against another. It works both ways.
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I know you are talking about me. I know what sexism means. Strong word? Most people I met don't care about sexism (just look at the numbers of sexist anime/games, I'm pretty sure you know more than 2 of them). Sexism works both ways, but do you have exemples of games that is sexist towards men? It's quie normal that I hate sexism towards female, because it exists.
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Sexism is probably one of the strongest words ever created, because it implies a very serious issue, that's still very preponderant in today's society.
The lack of interest from most people just shows that it's not as correctly addressed as it should be.
And sexism towards men in games? Pretty easy actually. Usually young boys, kids and some young males are portrayed as annoying brats or whinny "emos" that pretty much get stick not only from men, but from most female gamers as well. It's demeaning to generalize a certain age group like, thus that demeaning act becomes a sexist act, because it's extremely frequent on male portrays than on female portrays.
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Mmm, it souds moe like a stereotype to me.
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A stereotype is when a whole group is targeted due to it's own unique characteristics, and that group encompasses both genders. That's why Goth, Punk, Hippie, and many other labels are stereotypes, they target everyone that fits those parameters.
A characterization that targets a specific gender in detriment of another, which also show the same parameters, but are often overlooked, that's a very primordial type of sexism. The type of sexism in the old mentality, like "Cooking and sewing is a women's work", when clearly it's something that both genders can do proficiently.
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