Poll: Concerned for how the eradication of female objectification/sexism is being approached?

[LookAtYouHacker]

Actually whether or not a character looks attractive or not isn't even the point. It looks likie that on the surface, but the point is whether or not the characters was designed as a sex object, thusly objectified, as noted. Nobody gives 2 shits if your character is sexy. anyone can be sexy. People do care when your putting them in an unnatural situation to be sexy or when there reason for begin is being sexy. Unnatural or discriminatory posing, lack of characterization these are bad things, being sexy is not.

Jokes aside, yes that's the point. It's just a shame some people are too uninformed to make such conclusions.

 

[LookAtYouHacker]

theres nothing wrong with over sexualised charachters

[b/]but not every charachter needs to be over sexualised[/b]

I know... I'm partly criticising the people who're incapable of realising that.

 

[LetalisK]

As a gay man, I feel there is a certain lack of objectification of male characters. I believe in true equality, so I expect nothing less than tall, classy, sometimes bearded uber-manly men who start with three piece suits that gradually get ripped over the course of the level. Oh, and by the time that rolls around, have some sprinklers on, or something.

This is the way of progress!

This is only the natural evolution of progressive clothing degradation as seen in recent games like the Arkham franchise and Spec Ops The Line. Tell me, developers, do you want to hinder progress? Are you on the right side of history?

 

[DementedSheep]

... You sure the person on about Faith wasn?t trying to satire feminists? I really don?t see how you could object to her. She isn?t posing provocatively, she not the of typical body type, she isn't a damsel in distress or faux action Girl and her clothes are functional and not revealing. She isn?t ugly but she looks like she was designed to be a runner first rather than being designed to be attractive first.I don't her personality is particularly well developed but that?s just bad writing.

Anyway I agree with you. Guys finding a character attractive =/= objectification. The problem is when being attractive is the main focus rather than any other aspect and imo is more often an issue of how a character carries themself and how there design relates to their role rather than how much skin is showing.

theres nothing wrong with over sexualised charachters

[b/]but not every charachter needs to be over sexualised[/b]

Also that^

 

[lunavixen]

I certainly see where you are coming from, and sometimes the distinction can be very hard to make in some characters, I do think that the change towards lower levels of oversexualisation should change, but at a gradual pace, gradually tone it down. Staying respectful of the character is the way to go, can still have sexy though (I certainly don't mind, I've played Bayonetta, doesn't get much more sexualised than that i think)