maybe she fears that you will get unrealistic expectations for your own sex life if you play games with sex? no clue but like we see with the violent video game debate atm there are people who take games too serious and don't understand that we gamers don't think like them about it when we play it.
Is it possible that their is another issue that's coming to the forefront under the guise of video game related sexism. First, try to find out if their are underlying problems she hasn't been vocal about. If you can't figure out a problem, reverse her logic to things she likes or uses. Don't actually hold them back for a significant amount of time however, just point out (as calmly as possible) the lack of logic she's presenting in her arguments.
If this still doesn't work, then point out to her that instead of forming an opinion out of ignorance, she should actually spend time trying to understand your hobby, especially as you two are married. Try to get her involved in gaming as much as possible.
| docholliday said: To be blunt she is just ignorant to the subject matter. A lot of people judge video games based solely on pre conceived misconceptions. Unless she wants to become more educated on the matter and actually learn about the medium you can sit there and argue with her until you run out of oxygen, she isnt going to listen. This applies to pretty much anybody and gaming. I just had a recent issue with someone calling me a "child" because all video games are "made for children". It didn't matter what I said he wasn't going to change his stance on this. As far as this and being married now man thats a tricky one. I say stand your ground unless it really really creates a problem. If you dont judge her hobbies and interests than she should treat you the same. |
Yeah, one of the things she said to me when I brought up movies and books was "are you going to be playing that type of game when youre older?"
My response, "I don't see why not."
| ghost_of_fazz said: How old is she? 14? But then again, it's true that the game objectifies women... but that does not give her the right to take away the game from you like that. |
Right. Everything in media objectifies women. Plus, you are the husband, she has no authority over your desicions.
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| VGKing said: I get where she's coming from. I myself am not a fan of those sex mini games as they are very uncomfortable if there's someone else in the room. Kids end up playing these games you know so..... she had no right to hide the game though. She should have just left the room and not watched you play it. |
kids are not supposed to be playing M rated games
I'll be damned if i'm going to stop playing GOW because of that sex scene
LIKE WTF!
we are GROWN ASS individuals here.
Your girl is in the wrong on this 1 man. Some people in here seem like they are trying to look at you as the problem starter
This situation shouldn't have even happened in the 1st place
This is why i like running into women who like playing video games
I also know a few females who like the God Of War games so i don't see the problem here
you shouldn't let the game mess the relationship up but she was still in the wrong with this 1
She probably wants you to play the Kinect with her. ;-p
Max King of the Wild said:
That's what my mom did with Resident Evil! I told her she was acting like my mom. |
My dad hid Resident Evil 3 when I misbehaved. 
He ended up losing it and I had to go out and buy it again.
| Max King of the Wild said: So I was playing GoW:GoS trying to platnium it when my wife comes in the room as I'm getting to Sparta. She sees that and makes a comment about brothels and I say "That's funny because I'm about to go to one" since one of the trophies I need is beating the sex minigame 3 times in a row to get the item. She flips the fuck out and says I can't play it anymore because it makes women an object. I was shocked at this. I told her I'm a damn grown up and can make choices of what I will and will not play. I also told her that we are all mature adults here and can handle a sex scene. I then asked her if we need to get rid of 300/dirty harry or other movies that show titties and has sex scenes. She said it was different because it is a video game. I responded that it's just another medium for entertainment and you can't apply a rule to one and not the other. She has since taken the game and hid it somewhere.... I have made sure she knows that I will be purchasing the new God of War in March and I will not stop playing these games and if she is going to restrict me then we are going to have some problems. Has this happened to anyone else? *EDIT* - I have also pointed out she had no problem with things such as 50 shades of Grey. She read through the first book and thought it was poorly written and terrible so she wont read the other two but the concept was intriguing to her. (If people don't know what it is about I'll just say there is a part in the book that talks about anal fisting). I said the book was a lot more explicit, graphic and vulgar. She has also read a play by the Greek Aristopheles which talked about anal gaping, whores, getting blow jobs from men, and a lot other (again) explicit, graphic and vulgar parts. |
Clearly she's not a prude, which makes her a hypocit. But you should try to bring her to an understanding of this gently rather than arguing and pouting about it. Best if you take the moral high road and be the adult in this scenario and open her eyes to her hypocrisy gently. Otherwise even if she does come to accept your PoV she may resent the approach you took to getting your way.
Of course the counter argument is that perhaps the sexually explicit stuff she likes / has watched/read always has the man / men and woman / women entering into the sex on equal terms. So even something as painful sounding (and gross) as anal fisting, if it's done on equal terms is sociologically better than Kratos having "regular" sex with prostitutes.
So if the basis for her objection is not the explicit nature of the sex but the treatement of women then the conversation has to be different and you can't simply point out that she likes to watch and read things with explicit sexual content. It could be worth pointing out that Kratos never forces himself on women so despite there being prostitution in GoS and in Chains the women were proobably deathly afraid of being raped by the Persians (which means it's unreal that they'd then be all hot and heavy for Kratos) the sex mini games are in the grey area when it comes to sociological objectification of women. In all the other GoW games the women do all want Kratos so it's on equal terms, and in GoW III it's almost the other way around: Aphrodite essentially calls into question Kratos' manhood if he doesn't get it on with her.
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