Are there any articles on the objectification of men in video games?

2012-07-22T18:26:56+00:00

I don't get how feminists bang on about sexual objectifiaction as if it solely effects them to the point I almost never bring it up. I should but it's just like

should I really have to point out something so shockingly obvious?

edit:spelin'

alecbenzer · 2012-07-22T21:26:49+00:00

wordlessly doing the work for everyone, never chiming in with personal motivation.

I'm pretty sure this is just to make the player feel more in tune with Gordon.

kanuk876 · 2012-07-22T17:39:53+00:00

Or how about those games where you fight, and slaughter, wave upon wave of mostly men.

We see this in moves too. The nameless man dying his expendable and regret-less death.

EpicJ · 2012-07-22T18:24:13+00:00

There was one by official xbox magazine but I can't find it. It talked about the physical appearance of characters and how a lot of male characters are impossibly muscly

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FOADSASCUM · 2012-07-22T17:47:13+00:00

I've never seen anyone discuss the silent burden that Gordon Freeman has to put up with, wordlessly doing the work for everyone, never chiming in with personal motivation.

You're confusing the silent hero archetype with objectification.

Even then, the objectification feminists claim in video games is non-existent.

You can't objectify fiction, and even if you could only a pundit gets bent out of shape about it.

How about lets not grasp at straws where there aren't even any to be grasped at.

Media is a reflection of the injustices of society.

I would say someone seeking to remove that reflection is in denial, but those grasping at straws like that, desperately trying to be a victim wouldn't so easily deny their victimhood.

Now, a reflection in media of injustice upon men you can easily see?

Men are utterly disposable, always.

Like a never ending resource they can be beaten, emotionally, psychologically, and physically damaged beyond repair, and few will bat an eye.

Violent video games don't usually have exclusively male characters because simply so the target audience can relate, but because to do to a fictional woman what is commonly done to a fictional man would cause a huge backlash.

There's your injustice.

AnthonyZarat · 2012-07-23T02:00:58+00:00

Every time you sacrifice your life to save the innocents, you make yourself into the ultimate object of utility. Sub-human, unfeeling, disposable.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2012-07-23T02:33:59+00:00

Gordon Freeman is the tip of the iceberg. If we are to take video games seriously(which is silly to begin with, but people like Sarkeesian like to do so), then treating men as cannon fodder is huge.

Go ahead and make a game where you shoot no one but women in the head, or pummel women for their money or maim them with various bladed weapons and see how people react.

Heck, even in MGS4 with the female commando Frogs, they are shown to be more sympathetic with louder cries when they are hit or die.

Title	Are there any articles on the objectification of men in video games?
Author	Tobislu
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Date	July 22, 2012 4:00 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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