wilco said:
My main issue with the GTA stripper mini-game is that it felt like someone decided that this was what their target demographic wanted so they included it. Just a complete waste of time and resources imo. The mini game wasn't particularly fun and I doubt anyone was turned on by those blocky pixelated boobs so what was the point? If it was just to add realism as you said then there are several other seedy real world elements they could have included. Would have preferred they went with dance clubs like GTA: SA, but I digress, that is really just going into my issue of how the GTA games ever since IV have been more concerned with "realism" than fun. What is suprising about sexism in games is that its not just subtle. Some of the sexism is really overt and blatant. As much as I love the God Of War games, the sexism is shockingly blatant. You get a trophy called "I didn't... but I wish I did" for using a half naked woman as a door prop then gazing at her mangled corpse. There was also of course the whole "Bros before hos" trophy. You could make the argument that these are making a statment about kratos, but including trophies and giveng them those names is a bit much. You don't really see this kind of overt racism in games. There are stereotypes but rarely do you see the really over the top racism the way you see blatant sexism in games. You don't see sarcastic trophies being given out for lynching black people, nothing like that. I'm not a woman but I can't blame any woman that is offended by that kind of sexism. I hear what your saying about peoples political agendas, and when people do try to use this as a way to encourage censorship I'm 100% with you. I think the issue is muddled because sometimes you have knee-jerk claims of sexism and racism (i.e. the recent "controversies" with Assassins Creed and Far Cry 3) that create a "cry-wolf" effect for legitimate claims. But there is sexism in some games and there is no reason to stick our heads in the sand and pretend it doesn't exist. With that said, developers should be allowed to include sexism in their games if they feel that strongly about its importance to the game but at the same time people shouldn't go nuts if they happen to be accused of sexism. |
Again you assume people go NUTS because of sexism, this isn't the case. YOU need to get it out of your head that Anita is doing the right thing when she Misrepresents/Manipulates data
PEOPLE have Criticized Movies for being Misogynistic and Video games, guess what Nobody gives a crap, people only give a crap because ANITA constantly misrepresents Data. Again making Excuses for being Self Aware.
People Crtiticize South Park all the time, they don't Misrepresent Data. She does.
When you compare all of what is said about the Female Survivor and the Male Survivor side by side you can see that it never says anything negative about the female, like it does about the male. This could be called benevolent sexism but I would argue that it is equally as sexist towards males (and not in a kind way).
Male Survivor
“He spies on his neighbors, and reports to the Overseers.” Negative
“Only after a long day of work will he return to his home and family.” Positive/Neutral?
“He always eats very well, even as his wife and child grow thin.” Negative
“It is in the common man that the Abbey finds its most faithful.” Positive/Neutral?
“He steals from his business partner. A little every day.” Negative
“Some men can still find work along the waterfront.” Neutral
“He didn’t tend to that cut, and now it festers.” Neutral
“A man is only as common as his dreams.” Positive
“All that he had was lost in the flood.” Neutral
“He used to admire the Overseers. Now he hates them.” Neutral
“That work was the best he could do. And still they weren’t satisfied.” Neutral/Negative?
“He is tired.” Neutral
Female Survivor
“She hides her hands. They are raw and scarred from the washing.” Positive/Neutral?
‘”The common woman. She fears the Abbey and the plague.” Neutral
‘”She is a seamstress in a shop frequented by the wealthy.” Neutral
‘”There is nothing common about the work she does every day.” Positive
‘”All she wants is to lay herself down in the middle of Framling Street, and await death.” Neutral/Negative?
‘”The fabric of the city is made of stuff such as she.” Positive
‘”She starves so that her children can have bread.” Positive
‘”The common folk, simple minded, selfish, but they can be kind.” Positive/Neutral?
‘”She has only one dress, and wears it to tatters.” Neutral
‘”If only she had a coin for every time she stubbed her toe.” Neutral
‘”Now the littlest one is sick.” Neutral
‘”She can hold her drink as well as any man.” Positive/Neutral
