07-16-2011, 10:52 PM
holy moley this is why i hate it when people don't actually manage to comprehend the scope of sexism
yall say that it's only a "minority" that views women this way. you are flat-out fucking wrong and apparently horribly out of touch with how the vast majority of society views different genders. it's not just "dudebros" who are under these impressions (whether consciously or subconsciously); it's virtually everyone who hasn't made the effort to educate themselves on how they are reinforcing a heavily patriarchal system. and quit saying that certain topics related to sexism don't apply here. they are all intertwined and built off of each other.
it's very much a fact that most of society treats promiscuity as a desirable trait in men and an undesirable trait in women. hell, there have been tons of studies dedicated to just this topic (and you're more than privileged enough to find them your own damn selves) that prove just this point. a man is rarely labeled a "whore", because fuck yeah, banging all those women is manly as hell! conversely, a woman doesn't have to sleep with many people- or even none at all!- to be labeled a "whore" or a "slut". (by the way, it would be super if yall would refrain from using those terms, as they're hella offensive. "promiscuous" is more acceptable.)
sleeping with many people isn't "morally wrong", regardless of gender. rather than saying, "oh women aren't 'allowed' to be promiscuous, so we should bring men down to the same level!" we should be saying, "men aren't vilified for sleeping with people, so women shouldn't be either".
and just because there's a gratuitous amount of male gaze in videogames doesn't mean it should be totally discarded because "it's just a videogame". what the fuck are you, 12? sexism is just as inappropriate in videogames as it is it any other kind of media. people who care much more about the gameplay than the themes a videogame reinforces ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
yall say that it's only a "minority" that views women this way. you are flat-out fucking wrong and apparently horribly out of touch with how the vast majority of society views different genders. it's not just "dudebros" who are under these impressions (whether consciously or subconsciously); it's virtually everyone who hasn't made the effort to educate themselves on how they are reinforcing a heavily patriarchal system. and quit saying that certain topics related to sexism don't apply here. they are all intertwined and built off of each other.
it's very much a fact that most of society treats promiscuity as a desirable trait in men and an undesirable trait in women. hell, there have been tons of studies dedicated to just this topic (and you're more than privileged enough to find them your own damn selves) that prove just this point. a man is rarely labeled a "whore", because fuck yeah, banging all those women is manly as hell! conversely, a woman doesn't have to sleep with many people- or even none at all!- to be labeled a "whore" or a "slut". (by the way, it would be super if yall would refrain from using those terms, as they're hella offensive. "promiscuous" is more acceptable.)
sleeping with many people isn't "morally wrong", regardless of gender. rather than saying, "oh women aren't 'allowed' to be promiscuous, so we should bring men down to the same level!" we should be saying, "men aren't vilified for sleeping with people, so women shouldn't be either".
and just because there's a gratuitous amount of male gaze in videogames doesn't mean it should be totally discarded because "it's just a videogame". what the fuck are you, 12? sexism is just as inappropriate in videogames as it is it any other kind of media. people who care much more about the gameplay than the themes a videogame reinforces ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.