the mario games are sexist, they always have the princess getting captured and not being able to do anything about it until mario has to save her
Sexist gaming moments (that's sexist not sexiest)
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This is the most sexist thing that is out there in gaming. I would add more too it (and I'm sorry I slaughtered your post) but you covered it beautifully. Separating out female gamers from male gamers is inherently sexist. Anybody remember how that whole "separate but equal" thing worked out?mysticite said:
As a female, I can say that breasts don't offend me. It's just human anatomy to me...More Fun To Compute said:
Sexist is like going back 5 centuries and making women worthless except to produce children.
The sex of gamers is not 90% male, 10% female. It is actually a much closer divide.Thurmer said:
"Lisa Sikora, of Microsoft's Casual Games division, says women make up 70 percent of their players -- up from 20 percent in 1996." That was written in 2006.
The numbers are much closer than before, being something like 54% male and 46% female. I can't find a solid number, but there are more and more females stepping up and grabbing a controller or a keyboard.
Do not say that males should get games directed at only them. Your not the only sex playing those games.
Sarcasm noted. Also note the "paperboy" under your name. THE ESCAPIST IS SEXIST. No, really, it is.mysticite said:Being female I feel that I should be outraged by every sexist thing in gaming.
...I'm not.
Okay, why do we female always end up as the sidekick? The majority of games have a female sidekick, where's the male sidekick to the female lead?
Honestly, it doesn't really bother me.
Women are NOT an item gaming wise, i.e. games where you marry, etc. Or at least, they shouldn't be.
But hey, men what do you think of us as? Other than pleasure objects?
(note my sarcasm)
This, pretty much.Yersinia pestis said:
What really ticks me off though, is that games marketed for girls generally involve socializing them towards "proper" female roles. Think about it, Imagine: Make-up Artist, Imagine: Cook, Imagine: Babysitter, Imagine: Designer.
Where's my Imagine: Paleontologist, or Imagine: Molecular Biologist?
Making games for girls, and games for "everyone else" is inherently sexist.
That's more an argument of the industry rather than a game itself, and I can't think of any real examples of sexism in a game. However the fact that most female characters are characterized as damsel in distress or raging ***** gets really, really old.
You're talking about casual gaming - we're not.Aschenkatza said:
And actually it's 60/40, says this [http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/women-comprise-40-of-us-gamers-26-of-whom-are-over-age-50-5327/] survey.
My mom has played casual games. She gets headaches from anything close to mainstream.
The simple fact is, mainstream and hardcore gamers are predominantly male, and until this changes, the intelligent marketers will make games for their target market; hardcore games will generally be for males, casual games for females.
It's not sexism, it's economics.
If you have a problem with it, make a hardcore game for your target audience. That's how everyone else makes a difference in the gaming world.
does created sexism count? my story:
I remember playing sims 2 and just for shits, decided to connect the bedroom and kitchen together, all other doors going in and out were male bathroom doors (so only dudes can walk through) my wife did 5 things: clean, make dinner, fuck, piss on the floor, and sleep... it was glorious.
I remember playing sims 2 and just for shits, decided to connect the bedroom and kitchen together, all other doors going in and out were male bathroom doors (so only dudes can walk through) my wife did 5 things: clean, make dinner, fuck, piss on the floor, and sleep... it was glorious.
That's something I still don't really understand, why male gamers would still do that in this day and age. I reckon that gamers in general are usually a bit more progressive than average people, yet male gamers still look at girl gamers like that. I'd never go easy on a girl, if anything I enjoy playing competitively with a girl, [small]and a part of me finds it even more fun to gets his ass handed to me by a girl...[/small]mysticite said:
"Hmm, sexism in games... Uhhh... In Sonic, the guys were all the colours of the rainbow, but all the girls were pink?"
Don't forget all the guys (except Eggman) wear gloves, shoes, and nothing else, and all the girls have to be fully clothed (except Shade), also Amy, the sole female hedgehog, is the only one not allowed to go Super (Sonic, Shadow and even Silver get too, but not Amy.). Also none of their strong leads are female, they're extras at best, Amy is a ditzy fangirl, Rouge is an amoral spy, and Cream is pretty much a minor character.
So yeah, Sonic Team can be considered sexist in that extent.
Don't forget all the guys (except Eggman) wear gloves, shoes, and nothing else, and all the girls have to be fully clothed (except Shade), also Amy, the sole female hedgehog, is the only one not allowed to go Super (Sonic, Shadow and even Silver get too, but not Amy.). Also none of their strong leads are female, they're extras at best, Amy is a ditzy fangirl, Rouge is an amoral spy, and Cream is pretty much a minor character.
So yeah, Sonic Team can be considered sexist in that extent.
I really don't pay much attention to this. Whether it's the gamer demographic or gameplay elements, reading sexual bigotry into entertainment things is probably one of the greatest exaggerations of all. If a female lead is weaker than a male, the whole script was probably bad anyway. If a female character is rediculously sexy, pretty or busty, it's for no purpose other than spectacle.
A lot of people point at Team Ninja as sexist for their overly sexified female characters. Okay sure, DoAX is an all-out sex-athon with the cheap excuse of "beach resort" for the females to walk around bikini-clad for the viewers' pleasure, and the six-axis breast jiggling thing is just silly. But hey, it's all for spectacle, nothing more. If they really were sexist, Momiji from the Ninja Gaiden series wouldn't have a decent story arc. Sure, she wound up as a damsel in her first appearance, but she at least tried to do something about it, something a certain blonde bimbo we all know so well should try once in a while.
A lot of people point at Team Ninja as sexist for their overly sexified female characters. Okay sure, DoAX is an all-out sex-athon with the cheap excuse of "beach resort" for the females to walk around bikini-clad for the viewers' pleasure, and the six-axis breast jiggling thing is just silly. But hey, it's all for spectacle, nothing more. If they really were sexist, Momiji from the Ninja Gaiden series wouldn't have a decent story arc. Sure, she wound up as a damsel in her first appearance, but she at least tried to do something about it, something a certain blonde bimbo we all know so well should try once in a while.
You know, most games. Yeah, females are pictured the way they are in most ads, in sexy poses with a lot of skin. I'm not complaining, just making an observation.
"Super Princess Peach?"
But they give Princess Peach very sexist powers. Mario uses jumping ability, fireballs, invincibility, classic game powers. Peach uses violent mood swings to progress, so bascially uses PMS power.
But they give Princess Peach very sexist powers. Mario uses jumping ability, fireballs, invincibility, classic game powers. Peach uses violent mood swings to progress, so bascially uses PMS power.