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all that yet its a game made for men.



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People take videogames as an entertaiment form waaaay to serious.. I'm sorry that i don't take games that seriously and don't think about the effect on feminism and sexism.. I will never play a mario game the same now that i know its about the ongoing battle for the freedom and empowerment of the moustache..



 

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bananaking21 said:
all that yet its a game made for men.

I don't get these kind of points. So any game with good looking strong male characters like my avatar (sackdrake) made for women. It is just people over analyze everything these days. Life has never been better for women and yet the outcry over these kind of things is always too much. 

If  women really wanted to be taken seriously why do they make Twilight and 50 shades of grey such big hits where the female characters are nothing more than basket cases falling for rich good looking powerful men.

Personally, i've always supported women and their quest for equality but i am no more sure what do they even want. 



Kyuu said:
Lately I see a lot of talk going on concerning the male X female thing in gaming. But the truth is, males and females ARE different! and this shouldn't be seen as anything negative towards either gender. A female's lack of physical prowess.. their tendency to be emotional and gentle is what makes them unique and beautiful. Games that focus on males saving females just happened to be more in touch with reality. Males are physically superior and are instinctively more competitive.

I don't know about you guys but when a so called "feminist" woman is obsessed about the approach which depicts female to be equally as strong as man, It's equivalent to them not accepting and/or appreciating what they are! I support dreams, it makes life a better place. But what's so shocking about keeping things closer to reality? Why must we make big deals out of everything?

you skipped the part of the critique mentioning that the game still celebrates said differences without having to reduce female agency. This being the major critique of the "men act, women are" paradigm; it portrays women as lacking agency, as something that could be replaced by the Seven Chaos Emeralds and still make as much difference to the plot.



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It's obviously a feminist game because Bayonetta isn't hot at all.



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