Tidy Up Tuesday #27
There are only three days left on the 1001 Knights Kickstarter – we think you’ll really like it.
Things we addressed before:
- Why blaming Japan (and/or Korea and/or China) as the main culprit of sexualizing women in media is, at best, biased and misguided.
- Wonder Woman in the upcoming Batman vs Superman movie
- Some historical groups going into battle nude does not justify or explain bikini armor
- Adventure Quest Worlds
– wincenworks & ~Ozzie
Tidy Up Tuesday #27
There are only three days left on the 1001 Knights Kickstarter – we think you’ll really like it.
Things we addressed before:
- Why blaming Japan (and/or Korea and/or China) as the main culprit of sexualizing women in media is, at best, biased and misguided.
- Wonder Woman in the upcoming Batman vs Superman movie
- Some historical groups going into battle nude does not justify or explain bikini armor
- Adventure Quest Worlds
– wincenworks & ~Ozzie
I think the biggest thing gamers fail to recognize when discussing sexism in video games is presentation. This is the biggest reason why I can never see characters like Zangief even be remotely equivalent to female characters. Disregarding every other difference that sets them apart, when was the last time you saw the camera creepily do a pan across Zangief sensually massaging his breasts and ending on his stuck out ass? His walk cycle isn’t him wildly shaking his hips. None of his animations flaunt his body in the sense that you’re supposed to be attracted to him. And to top it all off I know that, if this actually happened, it would be done as a joke.
Thank you for this post! It’s a nice concise explanation
on why male power fantasy is not the same as female sexualization.
It’s tedious at this point when we see someone claim that characters like Conan/Kratos/Zangief are equally “empowered” as their boob-flaunting female peers (because bare chests?). Hope this helps.
~Ozzie
I think the biggest thing gamers fail to recognize when discussing sexism in video games is presentation. This is the biggest reason why I can never see characters like Zangief even be remotely equivalent to female characters. Disregarding every other difference that sets them apart, when was the last time you saw the camera creepily do a pan across Zangief sensually massaging his breasts and ending on his stuck out ass? His walk cycle isn’t him wildly shaking his hips. None of his animations flaunt his body in the sense that you’re supposed to be attracted to him. And to top it all off I know that, if this actually happened, it would be done as a joke.
Thank you for this post! It’s a nice concise explanation
on why male power fantasy is not the same as female sexualization.
It’s tedious at this point when we see someone claim that characters like Conan/Kratos/Zangief are equally “empowered” as their boob-flaunting female peers (because bare chests?). Hope this helps.
~Ozzie
Believe it or not, this series is actually supposed to be a slightly tongue-in-cheek fantasy series somewhat akin to Conan or Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser… only apparently if you make one of the wandering thief/warrior/mercenary protagonists a woman… this happens.
– wincenworks
