Why Sexual Objectification Doesn’t Matter in Video Games ["Under the definition of objectification, all main characters are objectified as being acted upon by the player with a controller."]

thesilentchief · 2014-09-16T05:36:12+00:00

In my opinion, no. Because just as games are not known to cause violence, there is no evidence that videogames cause sexism, or issues in self esteem.

This is exactly why I scoff at people like Anita Sarkeesian and the rest of the feminist crowd that has infiltrated gaming. They'll happily stand behind studies that show how video games don't make people violent, but then they'll turn around and accuse them of making men into misogynists with their content. Can't have it both ways.

These people have replaced the role of Jack Thompson but with women's issues instead. Hopefully in a decade they'll be as forgotten as he.

Nomenimion · 2014-09-16T08:58:50+00:00

There is no such thing as "objectification."

TheKamikazeMonkeys00 · 2021-12-14T12:39:32+00:00

Basically i agree entirely with the point of the thread she posted. Why even waste time complaining about a character from any media that is showing a piece of a body part, when human anatomy and nudity itself isn't a bad thing, as they both are used in Arts, and before videogames, there were arts, and whitout arts, there was no videogames or cartoons, or anime, etc etc.

People need stop being offended over the smallest shit and lighten the fuck up. Imagine suffering from Snowflake syndrome and melt easily.

TRPACC · 2014-09-16T09:50:49+00:00

This person keeps being fed.

If people had just said "yeah there are sexist tropes in video games" and just went back to what their were doing, she's still be making little videos on youtube or gone on to do something else.

Like rebecca watson observing the social ineptitude and weirdness of that elevator thing - her career has been crystallized by people making a mountain out of a molehill.

Title	Why Sexual Objectification Doesn’t Matter in Video Games ["Under the definition of objectification, all main characters are objectified as being acted upon by the player with a controller."]
Author	BlackMRA-edtastic
Upvotes	28
Comments	18
Date	September 16, 2014 4:14 AM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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