Are there any studies on sexualization in gaming?
And a third found that cognitively demanding games, including sexualized games, could lead to decreased sexism. The problem is that research in this area tends to be inconsistent with studies that find effects and those that do not.
Why are women not allowed to play video games?
Potential female players are driven away from the medium by “sexy video game vixens,” and there’s a general idea that women are treated as sex objects in games much of the time. It’s an argument I saw used in the #1reasonwhy hashtag more than a few times, but I believe that it’s both incorrect and outdated. Hear me out.
Are there more female characters in video games?
Playable female video game characters have become less sexualized in recent years, according to a new study that complicates narratives about how women are represented in the medium.
Is it true that games cause sexist attitudes?
Or are we beginning to see a reassessment of concerns that sexualized games are responsible for sexist attitudes toward women—an argument that increasingly became a mantra of progressive games criticism? If playback doesn’t begin shortly, try restarting your device.
Who are some examples of oversexualization in video games?
Faith of Mirror’s Edge, Samus Aran of Metroid, Alyx Vance of Half-Life, FemShep of Mass Effect. There’s progress being made there. But what I wanted to talk about today are the examples that everyone will point to.
Are there any video games where women are objectified?
The hypersexualization of her character isn’t out of the ordinary, according to a new study that examined the history of female objectification in video games over 31 years. The trend is most prominent in male-oriented fighting games like Mortal Kombat and games rated Teen and above.
Can a woman be a man in a video game?
Women can viewed as sex objects with revealing costumes and ideal bodies. But men, if styled the same way, are not, or cannot. This isn’t the right debate about women in video games. Video game women appearing in stylized, exaggerated universes filled with similarly proportioned men are not the problem.
