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I wasn't saying outfits should be gender-neutral. My point was that GP was implying that sexualization was a gender-neutral problem (eg they were referring to

I wasn't saying outfits should be gender-neutral. My point was that GP was implying that sexualization was a gender-neutral problem (eg they were referring to "attractive people", not "attractive women"). It's very much not. Women get sexualized way, way, way more than men in video games, and yes, that's a problem that deserves fixing.

nwienert 5y ago
And in real life if they choose to be more exposed, what do you call that? My girlfriend hates guys that try and police “sexy”, she finds it ironically misogynist. Her girl friend is a gamer that loves all the scantily clad women, collects figurines and posters etc. Men just don’t compete as much on physical looks, and we can speculate if it’s caused be patriarchy or natural preference, but I have a real strong feeling it’s the latter. Go to a beach or a party where women and men seem fairly free to choose how to present themselves - they seem to really enjoy it. Women post revealing photos on social media and generally the comments are filled with positivity from other women, yet if it’s in a video game suddenly it’s a problem.
- PoignardAzur 5y ago
  Sure. And if your game has civilians, rappers, pop stars, people on the beach, gangsters, etc, then it makes sense for the women to have revealing outfits. When your characters are space marines, monks, mages, armored knights, etc, and all the men have practical outfits and the women all have D-cups and tons of exposed skins, it says something about the mentality of the creators. And sure, maybe some women are fine with that. That's okay. I'm not begrudging anybody for buying those figurines. But I wouldn't mind if we as a culture could move away from character designs that look like they came from an horny 16-yo. Do like Overwatch, explore other archetypes and body types.

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I wasn't saying outfits should be gender-neutral. My point was that GP was implying that sexualization was a gender-neutral problem (eg they were referring to

by PoignardAzur 5y ago

nwienert 5y ago
And in real life if they choose to be more exposed, what do you call that? My girlfriend hates guys that try and police “sexy”, she finds it ironically misogynist. Her girl friend is a gamer that loves all the scantily clad women, collects figurines and posters etc. Men just don’t compete as much on physical looks, and we can speculate if it’s caused be patriarchy or natural preference, but I have a real strong feeling it’s the latter. Go to a beach or a party where women and men seem fairly free to choose how to present themselves - they seem to really enjoy it. Women post revealing photos on social media and generally the comments are filled with positivity from other women, yet if it’s in a video game suddenly it’s a problem.
- PoignardAzur 5y ago
  Sure. And if your game has civilians, rappers, pop stars, people on the beach, gangsters, etc, then it makes sense for the women to have revealing outfits. When your characters are space marines, monks, mages, armored knights, etc, and all the men have practical outfits and the women all have D-cups and tons of exposed skins, it says something about the mentality of the creators. And sure, maybe some women are fine with that. That's okay. I'm not begrudging anybody for buying those figurines. But I wouldn't mind if we as a culture could move away from character designs that look like they came from an horny 16-yo. Do like Overwatch, explore other archetypes and body types.