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I am annoyed with how women characters are sexualized in games (piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago by JerryMerweather@piefed.social to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world

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Makes me frustrated and hopeless, Its quite clear that they do this for the male gaze and whatever its called, but that doesnt justify it and makes me very sick.

Not saying that beautiful characters are bad, but semi naked characters with unrealistic beauty which both have nothing to do with the game at all is terrible, very terriole.
Why ruin a good game for the so called" male gaze" or "sex sells" thing? why?

I feel like a hypocrite and a loser.

Not sure if indie games are any better, itch io is very good, it has great (hidden) gems.

But its also filled with dating games and whatnot, I didnt check the nsfw games, but I wouldnt be surprised if they filled the entire front page.

Anyway, Its a deep issue for me, wanted to vent, thanks for reading.

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[–] JerryMerweather@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I am struggling to accept what you just said, but it does make sense.
If it was frown upon, then such dirty designs wouldnt have existed.

Its unfortunate that because I refuse to accept this pornification, I have become in the "minority"

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At the same time, there definitely are tons of games that avoid needless sexualization. Is the issue that there are games you enjoy that has this issue (or would enjoy if it didn't)? You mentioned action games above. Are you able to find alternatives that suit your preferences?

Or is the issue that these simply exist and are at odds with your morals?

[–] JerryMerweather@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

both to be honest. Its hard to find games I like that also dont have sexualization. I avoid sexualization because of many reasons. Including my belief that its harmful and inappropriate.

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Let me first say that I do respect your preferences and opinion on them being innapropriate, even if I don't share these opinions.

But I have to push back a little on how do you believe they would be harmful? That's quite an accusation, and one that contradicts existing research.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

Its unfortunate that because I refuse to accept this pornification, I have become in the "minority"

Well said. Strong agree.