Recent content by Orphan81

This right here. I have never been on any of the Chans, I don't use IRC, I don't support harassment. I'm a Sociologist, a Democratic Socialist, and part of the core gamer demographic (I.E. those who gaming is their primary hobby, who play more than 20 hours a week of videogames, and who purchase...

The fact that Japan often uses German Names, and German fashion when it comes to depicting Western culture should not really be a surprise to anyone. The two nations have remained friends since WWII generally speaking. Both nations have come out from being depicted as the "Bad guys" and in...

If the game is fun, than it's all that matters in the end. If you set out specifically saying you want to tell a Queer Story, and have Queer elements in your game, better make sure the game is actually fun. Very few videogames actually tell memorable good stories, or seem to be poignant...

Your first link doesn't work, and second off, if I came off as condescending that wasn't the intention, it was to be informative. I'm a graduate student in Sociology, so I take actual data very seriously. That being said, if you found me irritating, that's on you, not on me. Now If you...

You're right on one part. Videogames are a scapegoat and nothing more. However you're wrong on the part where you mention Society is becoming increasingly apathetic toward woman's issues. This isn't your fault for thinking this though. It's the same situation as if you were to watch the News...

Quoted for truth. Edit: Really, as others have said too... we might as well strip the founding fathers from all images considering they all earned slaves as well.

You bring up several salient points, but I'm probably going to lose you with the next few set of factors.. First is the myth of the wage gap...Again, I'm not some men's right activist here, I'm a liberal and I completely support greater representation of women in videogames, I vote democratic...

Actually no you're wrong. I studied this very topic as an undergrad. In the cases of hiring people on the basis race versus gender, Race played a far higher factor than gender. Emily is far more likely to get hired than Jamal is.. http://www.chicagobooth.edu/capideas/spring03/racialbias.html...

This is such a bad generalization I don't even know where to begin... multiple studies have been done on this issue and it's far more complicated than you're making it out to be... Alright, first off... The idea that a great number of women suffer from "internalized misogyny" is not actually...

Your citations sir. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2001.tb00787.x/abstract http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11126-007-9056-9 (This one in particular points out how previous studies about Violence and Videoagames that found a correlation had inherent bias and...

No, Videogames will not make you more sexist, just as they don't make you more violent. Psychologists and Sociologists have done studies on videogames and violence ad infinitum, and the results have been 90% of the time... no correlation. Scientifically speaking, there isn't a correlation...

Torture Porn. I say this as a fan of Horror in general. I laugh or say "Awesome!" in Slasher movies, and other films where the protagonists enjoy particularly gory deaths... but these are ususally done with a sense of fun to them, as bizarre as it is. You understand it's a movie and not real...

Exactly. This is what privilege is meant to be used for. It's not meant to be some aspect to make someone with it feel bad. It's used to help see where prejudice exists that we might not be aware of. It's why my favorite go to example, is Law Enforcement and African Americans. The facts on...

Privilege as a concept comes from the Sociological studies of racism and prejudice. By itself it has nothing to do with Feminist Theory or theories of Patriarchy (Which is not taught by the by in any Sociological classes... Because Patriarchy is not a Sociological concept, but a Feminist Theory...

I prefer the more scientific term of "core" gamer, as opposed to "hardcore" and in constrast to "casual" gamer. I see casual gamers as those who primarily enjoy browser based games, or phone based app games. I.E. Angry Birds, words with friends, and the like. These individuals while still being...