Posted September 27, 2014
hedwards: Because she's spewing hatred for men and couching that under a huge mountain of bile and puss.
She could have made that point in a way that wasn't so offensive and maybe people would have taken her seriously. But, she's outright looking for the best examples of things wrong and purposefully making mountains out of molehills ignoring the fact that a lot of this stuff is driven by the demographics. If women were the main customer for video games in the past, then you'd probably see a lot of princes being saved and characters that catered more to a female demographic than male.
I don't think anybody really thinks that games wouldn't benefit from more diversity, but most of us can make that point without relying upon cheap rhetorical tricks and a crapload of bigotry to prop up the point.
realkman666: Women being always in need of rescue isn't bigotry, it's just a tired and boring demeaning crutch. She could have made that point in a way that wasn't so offensive and maybe people would have taken her seriously. But, she's outright looking for the best examples of things wrong and purposefully making mountains out of molehills ignoring the fact that a lot of this stuff is driven by the demographics. If women were the main customer for video games in the past, then you'd probably see a lot of princes being saved and characters that catered more to a female demographic than male.
I don't think anybody really thinks that games wouldn't benefit from more diversity, but most of us can make that point without relying upon cheap rhetorical tricks and a crapload of bigotry to prop up the point.
And yet, somehow men are evil and bad for liking it, but I don't see Anita taking women to task for liking the same sorts of stories.
Bottom line here is that this has absolutely nothing to do with equal rights and everything to do with shitting on something that men like because we like it.
And as Jef pointed out, women often times write these stories as well, but somehow it's sexist and demeaning because it's targeted at men? What about those romance novels that are targeted at women? Are those boring and demeaning?