This is an open letter I've written to the podcast people. I didn't want this to be unheard and get lost in your posts in the respective "Featured Content"-topic, as all this is something that's been bothering me for a while. There was this all-lady talk podcast where it was discussed in a length conversation, and (here we go again) in this week's podcast.
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People, get over this sexism topic, that's all Susan Arendt ever talks about. Don't you notice how men are portrayed in video games? They have huge muscles, symmetric faces, perfect hair, and god knows what else. You don't even know what sexism is. It's a form of discrimination, specifically the discrimination of a certain gender. Women are not being discriminated when some Japanese geek who's never ever seen a naked lady exaggerates her proportions. They are being discriminated when someone says, for instance that men are smarter than women. (which is bullcrap, BTW) Discrimination furthermore "is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category." (that's Wikipedia) Women in-game are not treated differently, dialogs are not written differently for them, or anything. Nor are designers discriminating real women by putting all these "improved" images of real females into a video game (i.e. they don't say "you are inferior to men" in any regard whatsoever), as I've said, guys are idealized as well. Just check out the upcoming installment of Final Fantasy.
And you guys* who do the podcasts - and I am particularly addressing those you have a penis - a pair of balls would also suit you well. Susan Arendt is always the driving force in your conversations. Do you hardly ever disagree with her? She's always interrupting everyone and presenting her opinion as the general one and you let it through "on the nod", in a manner of speaking.
Lastly, the fact one _might_ prefer the opinion of a male about a specific game is, because one can identify with him. You said it yourself, there are far more male gamers out there and women cherish different aspects of a video game, that's why one might appreciate the opinion of someone more alike in comparison to oneself. Or Susan, do you ask "some" dude for help concerning the way you dress**? I myself don't give a shit about who writes the text, as long as the quality of the review is adequate. And even if some new dude comes up and wants to tell me something about some topic that I feel passionate for, he needs to prove that he is qualified for the statements he makes, same goes for women of course.
Regards,
q_tf
* I'm not using the generic masuline when I say 'guys' this time. (Which wouldn't be sexist if I did.)
** See, this _could have been_ sexist. I was implying that a woman, in this example Susan Arendt, would always care for fashion as one of her major qualities. Anyways, since - again - this does not mean that those who lack balls and a wiener are of lesser value in our society, I am not being sexist, don't discriminate. For the sake of simplicity and to give an example I just abstracted the desires a female could have (here: fashionable clothes).
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People, get over this sexism topic, that's all Susan Arendt ever talks about. Don't you notice how men are portrayed in video games? They have huge muscles, symmetric faces, perfect hair, and god knows what else. You don't even know what sexism is. It's a form of discrimination, specifically the discrimination of a certain gender. Women are not being discriminated when some Japanese geek who's never ever seen a naked lady exaggerates her proportions. They are being discriminated when someone says, for instance that men are smarter than women. (which is bullcrap, BTW) Discrimination furthermore "is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category." (that's Wikipedia) Women in-game are not treated differently, dialogs are not written differently for them, or anything. Nor are designers discriminating real women by putting all these "improved" images of real females into a video game (i.e. they don't say "you are inferior to men" in any regard whatsoever), as I've said, guys are idealized as well. Just check out the upcoming installment of Final Fantasy.
And you guys* who do the podcasts - and I am particularly addressing those you have a penis - a pair of balls would also suit you well. Susan Arendt is always the driving force in your conversations. Do you hardly ever disagree with her? She's always interrupting everyone and presenting her opinion as the general one and you let it through "on the nod", in a manner of speaking.
Lastly, the fact one _might_ prefer the opinion of a male about a specific game is, because one can identify with him. You said it yourself, there are far more male gamers out there and women cherish different aspects of a video game, that's why one might appreciate the opinion of someone more alike in comparison to oneself. Or Susan, do you ask "some" dude for help concerning the way you dress**? I myself don't give a shit about who writes the text, as long as the quality of the review is adequate. And even if some new dude comes up and wants to tell me something about some topic that I feel passionate for, he needs to prove that he is qualified for the statements he makes, same goes for women of course.
Regards,
q_tf
* I'm not using the generic masuline when I say 'guys' this time. (Which wouldn't be sexist if I did.)
** See, this _could have been_ sexist. I was implying that a woman, in this example Susan Arendt, would always care for fashion as one of her major qualities. Anyways, since - again - this does not mean that those who lack balls and a wiener are of lesser value in our society, I am not being sexist, don't discriminate. For the sake of simplicity and to give an example I just abstracted the desires a female could have (here: fashionable clothes).