| Slarvax said: Oooohh noooo... high heeeeeeeeeelssssss... But Mario and Link are wearing boots... BOOTS! That TOTALLY appeals to girls and not boys! That's sexism! And (on a more serious note) the Male Wii Fit Trainer is totally super hot! Really!? What do people find in high heels!?? How can somebody find an uncomfertable, expensive, and not even good looking shoe as "sexualized"? |
I don't know why anyone would find high heels sexual. But culturally that's how they're seen. I don't find bondage gear sexual either but I undertand that's how it's seen in our culture. I'm sure fox mccloud would be a sex god to many furrys. It's personal taste, but that's not the issue.
There is a problem if females in computer games are only ever helpless princesses or sex objects. There are girls who relate to princess peach and girls who relate to lara croft. It's not a bad thing that these characters exsist. It's only an issue if they are the only type of female that the video game industy make. I don't think it's as much of an issue these days as it use to be. There's a good range of female characters in computer games now.
Racisum might be more of an issue. If black men in computer games are only ever shown as gangsters whilst white men in computer games could be not only gangsters, but plumbers, plucky adventurers, insecure cowards, meatheadish solders, cocky tough guys, egomainiacs, and the full spectrum of personalities, then you could acuse the computer game industry of racisum.
