Well, every single man who has played with action figures as a child has played with dolls... An action figure is just a doll with guns or swords that sometimes can do something, like punch or kick or talk etc.

Just making sure I understand the situation,

The only ones "hurt" by these "sexist" games are those that don't play these games.

Please correct me if you feel the need to

Apparently these poor souls are being traumatized by pictures in gaming magazines. You know, those ancient things that hardly any gamers read anymore which have mostly gone online or right out of business as a result?

Offtopic: Do physical PC mags even exist anymore (I haven't got a PC gamer in quite a while)

You may stumble across some if you leave your apartament some day ;-)

But the sun could be out...there & it's EEvill

Look at what you wrote here. Look at that. I don't even care about the context - it's not exactly much of a scientific inquiry to ONLY LOOK AT PICTURES in a MAGAZINE that has text DESCRIBING the thing which you are trying to establish the INFLUENCE of. That's like analyzing the societal impact of alcohol by watching a few ads in TV... with the sound off!

No amount of effort will be good for me, because what you are pushing is bullshit. You can't convincingly prove something which is not true. You are linking me to people with an attitude along the lines of "gamers, rapists - what's the difference?", and then whine that *I* am the one being biased. Sheesh.

You know, we had a guy in parliament who once got the floor and repeatedly asked someone "Is it true that you take bribes?". When the press questioned his allegations, he said "What? Can't you even ask a question? I never claimed anything".
If all you see is RPS guys "asking questions"... Too bad. Look closer.

I disagree, I'm fairly certain they do need a hug. Who doesn't ;P?
Either way - I hope they get the help they deserve.

I don't know, I'm too scared to even go to that section of the store for fear of instantly turning into a psychotic poon hungry super rapist at the first picture I see.

This is purely your exaggerated take on it. They merely mentioned a study when discussing what had been researched before, as studies often do. Also, the study they mentioned wasn't equating gamers with rapists. The study found that people who play violent video games are also more likely to feel that rape victims "deserved it". It doesn't mean that the video games caused these attitudes, just that people who think that way are also more likely to play violent video games. Correlation does not imply causation.

Evil sun, indeed. It burns us...

I've told you this already - THAT'S MY POINT. They're not lying blatantly, they're merely arranging their statements in a particular fashion to paint the issue in a particular light. You linked a study on how gamers "mirror" sexism. They mention... What was that shit called? "Rape-supportive attitude"? They don't even go "Oh, we're not saying there IS a causal link here, or anything of that sort", they merely toss it in your face as additional info. What does this add when it comes to people actually "mirroring"? NOTHING. Why is it there? Because it makes a good impression and the right crowd will gobble it up.
Besides - how CAN you take seriously people who use such phrases? There's a lot to be said on how much you can tell about a person's paradigm just based on their lexicon...

How about the number of people "hurt" by one person asking another person a question about a video game?

The walls of text written abou how insignificant this issue should be...

The irony is delicious. That the complainers can't see it makes it moreso. :)

Ah, RPS, have we ever told You what the definition of insanity was? Eh..

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