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    Sexuality in gaming, your stance?

    ...That's not sexuality in gaming. Those are sexualized images. Sexuality is desire, agency, identity. The sexualized are images people stare at, objects. Whether you have a preference for big breasts, small breasts, women in bikinis, or wrapped in layers and layers of Victorian garb, that...
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    Poll: Do you support evolution?

    I don't need to 'support' evolution. The world exists as it does whether I acknowledge it or not. The only difference is whether I'm able to recognize how the world works. Nobody is able to cure some instance of cancer by using Christian theology. Nobody is able to launch a satellite into...
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    Lost Causes

    I will agree that there's a lot of terrible dating advice out there. I worked as a moderator for a forum for a few years, and the worst advice comes from people who don't realize that other people aren't all them, that what works for them won't work for other people, and that other people aren't...
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    Sam Killermann's TEDx Talk on Gender

    It's TEDx. Pretty much anyone can host a TEDx conference.
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    Lost Causes

    How to (possibly) succeed at online dating without really trying. 1. Join OKCupid. Answer questions. 2. Don't wear a fedora. Don't pose shirtless. Don't be an entitled douchebag. 3. Post about what interests you, particularly what you'd like to share with someone else. (This can be pretty...
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    The opposite of feminism in gaming?

    Looks pretty good to me. You know, comparatively speaking. http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/US/SE http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/americans-want-to-live-in-a-much-more-equal-country-they-just-dont-realize-it/260639/ Edit: Bottom line: It's sad that you hate your...
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    The opposite of feminism in gaming?

    I have the sneaking suspicion I'm engaging in an argument against random words taken out of the dictionary. If you can acknowledge that there are arbitrary gender roles in society, you acknowledge patriarchy. If you can't acknowledge the presence of arbitrary gender roles, you're somehow...
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    The opposite of feminism in gaming?

    We already have a movement against applying limiting gender roles to men. It's called feminism. I've said it once and I'll say it again: Feminism is anti-patriarchy (what we call the social structure of arbitrarily assigned gender roles), not anti-men. Anita even did a thing on male gender...
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    The opposite of feminism in gaming?

    So because you have a penis, you don't want fictional women to play active roles, talk to other women, and be full characters? That's odd, my penis isn't telling me that. (This isn't just about who's the lead character. Give me a list of female characters in games who talk to other female...
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    The opposite of feminism in gaming?

    I believe the point was that it won't matter for the game's bottom line. The problem is that whether a cultural artifact sells or not isn't the only impact worth considering. Just because Mein Kampf was a bestseller doesn't mean it was a good thing, nor does it mean that every book that sells...
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    The opposite of feminism in gaming?

    Not only that, but here's the big fucking point behind feminism: Patriarchy isn't a plot by evil men. Men aren't secretly discussing how we can oppress women. That's not what feminists think. If people just can't imagine women in prominent, self-determining roles, that's what patriarchy...
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    The opposite of feminism in gaming?

    You've never negotiated a salary? What about bonuses? Promotions? I'm worried the 'everyone in the job should get equal pay' argument simplifies things too much. Everything being equal, bosses will unconsciously give better starting salaries, bonuses and promotions for stupid things like skin...
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    The opposite of feminism in gaming?

    I like how you cut out the central part of my post where I mention some of the most famous feminist theorists ever, such as BELL HOOKS and JUDITH BUTLER whose theories can't possibly be misconstrued into man-hate, yet are defining texts of feminist scholarship. And please, oh please, find me...
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    The opposite of feminism in gaming?

    You're quoting mainly from feminist separatists, which is a sub-movement of feminism and by far not the entire discipline (and taking a few other feminists severely out of context). Find a quote like that from feminist theorists like bell hooks or Judith Butler and get back to me. Feminism isn't...
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    The opposite of feminism in gaming?

    What we had here was a failure to communicate. By your use of the term 'misandrist' naturally I thought you were a crazy person. Crazy people tend to really like that word. All that said, I think that commander shepard is a character (or group of characters) who would make for interesting...