So, it's 5:45 in the morning here, and I can't sleep. So instead I'll ask you guys about a common trend I've noticed in video games, T.V., and movies.
First example, last night I was replaying Dragon Age, and I met up with some of the desire demons in the mage tower. All of them are female.
Second example, the character Lust from the Full Metal Alchemist series. Also female.
Lastly, the example that most clearly illustrates my point (I swear, I'm getting to it), the movie Se7en. (Spoiler alert for 15 year old movie)
The murder victim representing the din of lust was a female prostitute. Shouldn't it have been the man paying for her services? He was the one that seemed to have been driven by lust. The gluttony victim wasn't the owner of a fast food restaurant, it was a guy who was guilty of the sin of gluttony. The prostitute wasn't in her line of work because she was guilty of lust, she was just trying to scrape together enough money to live. It seems like a better choice for the victim would have been one of her clients, or a porn addict, or some one that had ACTUALLY COMMITTED THE SIN OF LUST.
It seems that any time lust is personified, it's always an attractive female that's demonized. (in Dragon Age, literally)
Anyways, I guess my final question is this:
Are these accurate philosophical representations of one of the seven deadly sins (regardless of whether or not you subscribe to the religious beliefs behind them) or are they just projections of the unconscious guilt and the unreasonable expectations of the male dominated society that created them?
EDIT: Just to clarify, I'm also asking why it is that every other sin is represented by some one or something that's guilty of it, and why lust is the outlier.
EDIT: This post was brought to you by massive sleep deprivation.
First example, last night I was replaying Dragon Age, and I met up with some of the desire demons in the mage tower. All of them are female.
Second example, the character Lust from the Full Metal Alchemist series. Also female.
Lastly, the example that most clearly illustrates my point (I swear, I'm getting to it), the movie Se7en. (Spoiler alert for 15 year old movie)
The murder victim representing the din of lust was a female prostitute. Shouldn't it have been the man paying for her services? He was the one that seemed to have been driven by lust. The gluttony victim wasn't the owner of a fast food restaurant, it was a guy who was guilty of the sin of gluttony. The prostitute wasn't in her line of work because she was guilty of lust, she was just trying to scrape together enough money to live. It seems like a better choice for the victim would have been one of her clients, or a porn addict, or some one that had ACTUALLY COMMITTED THE SIN OF LUST.
It seems that any time lust is personified, it's always an attractive female that's demonized. (in Dragon Age, literally)
Anyways, I guess my final question is this:
Are these accurate philosophical representations of one of the seven deadly sins (regardless of whether or not you subscribe to the religious beliefs behind them) or are they just projections of the unconscious guilt and the unreasonable expectations of the male dominated society that created them?
EDIT: Just to clarify, I'm also asking why it is that every other sin is represented by some one or something that's guilty of it, and why lust is the outlier.
EDIT: This post was brought to you by massive sleep deprivation.