Sexual Objectification of Women in Video Games

[Turtlicious]

See all that rage you had build up that you tried to dump on Broby?

Now Beta has come in and made himself an excellent target.

[Salroka]

The Nexerus said
It's threads like these that validate my ever growing sense of superiority.

Had to.

[idlehands]

[The Nexerus]

No, Beta, don't. I don't even think you discussed the topic of the thread once. People rejecting Spiderman memes should not inflate your sense of self worth.

[Smiral]

Man this is just

words can't even

...

Lemme put it this way, if we were in a physical room, I would've murdered at least three of you people by now

[Awson]

You gotta say which three

[Salroka]

Smiral said
Man this is just

words can't even

...

Lemme put it this way, if we were in a physical room, I would've murdered at least three of you people by now

Can I be one of them?

The Nexerus said
No, Beta, don't. I don't even think you discussed the topic of the thread once. People rejecting Spiderman memes should not inflate your sense of self worth.

It's not the rejection that inflates my ego. It's the me and the being right.

[The Nexerus]

Awson said
You gotta say which three

[2]

The anticipation is killing me.

[idlehands]

Beta said It's not the rejection that inflates my ego. It's the me and the being right.

[Salroka]

idlehands said

[idlehands]

That is Spam done correctly. Now get out.

[Tick]

Beta derailed the thread already?
That was fast.

[Jerkchicken]

+1 post to thread being locked and nuked from orbit

[Salroka]

Tick said
Beta derailed the thread already?That was fast.

I love you, Tick. And so, here is a gift.

[The Imagination]

Kaga said
Well it is, at its simplest, a marketing strategy. Video games are stereotypically "a guy thing", and what tends to get guys' attention? Attractive women. And whether it's a matter of these marketing techniques actually working or just the fact that they're impossible to avoid now, these games sell. And that encourages game developers to keep going with it. So really I think the biggest thing that would need to change is for the game industry to acknowledge that there are more female gamers out there than they think. The only games I ever really see marketed towards females are kids' games, so the "hardcore" gamers are still primarily male, in the eyes of the developers. Bringing more female gamers of that age to their attention might make them change their portrayal of women a little.

Kids games? Thats the only marketed games that are female friendly? You couldn't possibly think of any other examples?

Fighting games, like Mortal Kombat, are the primary candidate for being seen as giving an unrealistic view toward females. But if anything games like that can also empower them in a way. Needless to say, how many women would really play as an unattractive, albet unappealing main character, or any character for that matter? On top of that, not every game portrays females as big breasted, bodacious bootied sex objects. Several adult games even have you play as normal women or even young girls with no sexual appeal.

Maybe we should take aim at fairy tales for portraying unrealistic views.

[Salroka]

idlehands said
That is Spam done correctly. Now get out.

[idlehands]

I'm more pissed at your shitty choices of graphics.

[Awson]

idle, idle...

Baby...

Can't feel the trolls too much.

[Salroka]

[Awson]

I meant to say feed.

w/e