Sexism in games.

[Beardy]

(07-10-2012 10:52 PM)BumblebeeCody Wrote:  

(07-10-2012 08:28 PM)Beardy Wrote:  

(07-10-2012 11:29 AM)BumblebeeCody Wrote:  

(07-10-2012 11:27 AM)Beardy Wrote:  "WHY would females be willing to dress in such attire if they find it sexist?"

Is that an actual point? Like, a serious argument? Man.

Yes. It's clearly not sexist if they are willing to partake in it...

Just raising this point again... it's not like the booth babes are just random women who turn up. They're employed to be there, wearing what they wear.

Exactly, so it's not sexist then.

That doesn't follow at all. Would a company that insists that all women in the office wear short skirts and skimpy tops be "not sexist"? I'm sure these women are happy enough to be there, but again, it's the intent behind the whole scene, which is to cater for horndog males.

As for Lara Croft.... pretty sure her boobs were a major marketing point. In fact didn't they screw up the initial coding and make them too big, then decided to keep them that way because sex sells? Not sure if that's true or just something I heard in a pub sometime. Still, the point is that the overwhelming thrust of the appeal was that she was a very sexualised character.

Samus is a weird one. I mean in the NES days it was a major twist that she even WAS a woman, which is telling in itself. But didn't Metroid: Other M basically paint her as a bit...weak? I've never played it myself, so that's based purely on criticisms I've read, I could be way off.

EDIT - by the way, what is the big difference between sexism and misrepresentation of women in games? I'm not sure I get your point there.