surg3n said:
People focus on breasts because it's an obvious thing, but the fact that people focus on this stuff alone is sexist. Why are the big jiggly boobs any more sexist that the muscles on the dudes?
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Or even better: why is this a problem in the first place?
I mean, nevermind the fact that I can cite several females in gaming that are represented very, very fairly. Trishka from Bulletstorm comes to mind. The new iteration of Laura Croft, not-quite-rape-scene aside, seems to be a fair representation as well. But besides all this, why is this a problem? What in the hell is inherently WRONG with female characters looking attractive? Should only ugly characters be allowed in games? Perhaps we should skip the argument entirely and only allow ourselves to play as aliens?
Nobody ever explains this. I mean, yeah, I've heard ONE argument as to WHY this is a problem, that it forces young girls to conform to an unrealistic depiction of who they should be. Ok, and Kratos is doing the same thing to young boys, 90% of which will be overweight and out of shape by 30 if they're lucky. What's the point? Do you really think more than one girl in a couple MILLION feels like, because her tits are smaller than Laura's, she's somehow less of a woman than everyone else? I mean, is this really why we're trying to ensure that the other 99% of us enjoy a game a little less, so one little girl somewhere who clearly has no self-esteem anyway can feel a little better? Really?
If so, I say fuck the little girl. If she can't handle it, too fucking bad. I am not giving up something that I and several million other people enjoy just so that the way-the-fuck-less-than-even-statistically-important minority can feel a little better about themselves.
Now can we either come up with a better, LOGICAL reason why this is a problem in the first place, or else just drop it and give them all a D cup?