Does Gaming Affect your perception of women?

[GetOutOfBox]

 

 

In my limited experience women are the far more deadlier of the two sexes, so it would be foolish in the extreme to take seriously how they are portrayed within a gaming context. Men think that they overtly control the world and women find it convenient to let them blunder on with that misconception.

 

Ok Mister, you get kudos for that extremely brilliant answer ... after all, who am I to tell a man that he is wrong ?

 

However, having said that ...

 

A man bought his wife a mood ring ... It goes green when I'm in a good mood ... she said, but it leaves a red mark on his forehead when he bothers me ... just some silly humor there ...

 

 

You know, (I say this purely for the thought) the fantasy perception of females by males (being, women being damsels in distress and males needing to accomplish all roles in life.) was culturally and lawfully enforced up until the woman's movements of the 1900s and previously Native American culture. So in reality, males have been trying to force that fantasy ideal on women throughout history. It wasn't until the 70's (?) that women openly served in militaries around the world or held jobs (WWI) that men previously held in times forgotten.

 

Perhaps the 'gaming perception' of women is basically man's way of coping with his inherent loss of dominance in society... hmmm....

 

 

I think this could be part of it. It would certainly explain part of the reason--beyond catering to the 16-34 male demographic--that badas women are put into skimpy outfits with overinflated boobs. It makes them appear less threatening. It might also account for the number of game mods featuring big boobed bimbos. Even though she's the Nerevarine/helps defeat Mehrunes Dagon/saves the world, she's far less threatening--therefore more appealing to some--in stelettos and sporting H-cups.

 

 

I just knew this topic would start filling up with the ultra feminist girls and apologetic guys ironically making claims of woman's superiority over man. I agree that women are equally as capable as males, if not in different ways (lets not dispute the fact that male anatomy in humans is designed to be stronger than females, there isn't anything sexist about that, it's simply a fact), but to say that women are superior to men is just hypocritical after women have been fighting for equality with men for the last century. To go ahead and start claiming that they are superior completely undermines the male/female equality cause.

[Amayakyrol]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x64cy3Bcr98

[Karasuman]

"...to say that women are superior to men is just hypocritical after women have been fighting for equality with men for the last century. To go ahead and start claiming that they are superior completely undermines the male/female equality cause."

 

 

Agreed.

Edited December 17, 2010 by Karasuman

[bben46]

If video games have affected your perception of women (or men) in any way, Then you need to turn off the video game and go out to meet some real people once in a while. Video games - no matter what the game - are fantasy and nothing else. No matter how hard you try, they do not in any way relate to real life at all. And if you think different, Get a life. :tongue:

 

This topic is not about whether men or women are superior, it is about how playing video games has affected your perception of women. If you can't keep it on topic - and polite, I will shut it down.

Bben46, Moderator

[Karasuman]

Disagreed with a certain part of the poster's opinion above me, but reversed decision to pursue it seeing as it would've veered off-topic even more. Carry on. Yay/Boo for feminism, and so forth. Edited December 17, 2010 by Karasuman

[Balagor]

A simple answer to a simple question; No, not at all. Games are fantasi world, real world is real world. :wink: