Can Duke Nukem Become a Feminist Hero?
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Exactly. Duke is far too cartoonish to be offensive. But I see this as Pitchford just trying to drum up a little extra PR, is all, using the fact that certain women *will* ***** about the game and using it to his company's advantage.Kiefer13 said:
If your thinking about a duke nuke'em game enough to be offended by the moral subtext your doing it wrong
QFTmad825 said:
I think that people overanalize games to much but Duke Nukem can't be a feminist hero never ever and i don't need to explain why
Well id say your 50% right and 50% wrong. Yes there are feminists that are for equal rights but can you say that they truly want equality? In my debate I asked this question women strive to be equal to man, if full equality was atainable, would you be willing to sacrifice your seprate protection laws or segregation restrooms/locker rooms to be a complete equal? That question alone says they want to equal but are not wanting to have to give up a basic seperation. Hell womens rights at one point proposed allowing women to serve in special forces but at the expense of reducing the amount of special training needed for survival how is that equality? If a women cannot compete with a man in physical training why would they dumb it down? How about women reporters sueing for the right to interview male athletes in thier locker room and getting that right but male reporters still cant enter a female athletes locker room for interviews? Again how is that equality? Thats not equality. There are still alot of Women need to get over the whole prudness if they are truly geniune about equality.captainfluoxetine said:
I looked at the title of this thread and my first answer was... meh, maybe. He never hurts women, not to mention he kills every man he sees... so I guess thats a 1-Up for the Duke.
So instead of dealing with real issues, they're going to use a self-parody of uber-machoism as a Strawman. Nice going ladies, will you put a pig in a suit next?
I can't wait until 40-something housewives who've never picked up a controller, let alone heard of Duke Nukem, ***** and moan to Oprah and Tyra.
I can't wait until 40-something housewives who've never picked up a controller, let alone heard of Duke Nukem, ***** and moan to Oprah and Tyra.
