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Rape and misogyny in our entertainment products
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*trigger warnings, of course, especially for the video*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i_RPr9DwMA
This video says more than I ever could and has been supported by entertainment pros such as Tim Schafer and Joss Whedon.
Depressing, disturbing, disgusting. I love how she also points out some video games that show mature themes without reveling in the nastiness of them. Video games are not evil, the rape culture we currently have is.
This has got to stop, this rape and misogyny culture has to end if we are ever to deal with the ongoing problem of rape in society, enough is enough.
(btw, this woman has received death threats for making these videos, fortunately I have received no such thing for ranting about Game of Thrones on here, just called a troll a few million times)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i_RPr9DwMA
This video says more than I ever could and has been supported by entertainment pros such as Tim Schafer and Joss Whedon.
Depressing, disturbing, disgusting. I love how she also points out some video games that show mature themes without reveling in the nastiness of them. Video games are not evil, the rape culture we currently have is.
This has got to stop, this rape and misogyny culture has to end if we are ever to deal with the ongoing problem of rape in society, enough is enough.
(btw, this woman has received death threats for making these videos, fortunately I have received no such thing for ranting about Game of Thrones on here, just called a troll a few million times)
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It's where you blame men for attractive/sexy women.
It's getting tired now.
This is exactly what the thread is actually about.
And what do you know... ;-)
Her series on tropes is in video games is pretty poor, she deliberately leaves out any data that shows the opposite of the claims she makes, or flat out lies about things.
and yet you continue
Anita Sarkeesian? I had some back and forth with Anita on Youtube before she called me a misogynist and blocked me. I committed the terrible crime of not agreeing with her that Bayonetta was sexist and an example of woman hating.
Yep that's her. Now I don't agree with the threats she got, she should be judged on what she says and whether she's right or wrong, not on her appearance, or worse.
I've heard she blocks any negative comments, therefore putting herself in a bubble of agreement, but when people react with rape or death threats over some woman making youtube vids about sexism in gaming, then I do have to side with her, it's out of order.
I definitely don't think the threats were okay. She has a right to air her ill informed opinion all she wants, trying to tell her she's wrong by being vile to her just makes gaming and gamers look bad.
why should women be objectified,
but its not real.
I agree. The main thing that annoys me is I could live with a series on sexism in gaming, tropes etc, if it was done by someone who loved gaming and was a gamer (I mean seriously using Portal as an example of damsel in distress? Seriously?). It just smacks more of self promotion than actually caring about it, and it offers no solutions.
That being said, it's just a series on the tubes, and doesn't warrant people reacting in such a vicious way, therefore proving her point about the culture itself.
Says it all really.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRSaLZidWI
Recent example of this, read up on Zoe Quinn and the 'Quinnspiracy'.
I agree. Attack the argument, except wait... video games are sexist.
Just because you like them, doesn't make them less so. I love video games, but I'm not going to defend how badly many treat women and how they are predominantly aimed at straight men. As a straight man who is not a sexist violent psychopath, I ask more from the computer games industry.
I think some computer games have moved on, and are capable of being intelligent story driven pieces as well as challenging and interactive. They still have a long way to go as a genre.
People defending games and attacking this women personally, as biased and dubious as some of her argument are, just confirm that she's pretty much correct in the basic truths. If you can't hardly the sexist aspects of games with suitable perspective, then you shouldn't be playing.
Shame that still wont stop you.
The greatest show of all time.
Yes and that's what really bothers me.
The fact that this is such a simple point to prove, and she fails so terribly. Then, it's so easy to point out how she is using a terrible argument and people who can't debate just resort to insulting her for her opinion in a sexist way.
It's like watching two bald men fight over a comb.