Looking at the volume of sexualised female characters there are much more characters like MC and even the person at the end of the trailer than male characters, especially in this subgenre. Lady and Trish in DMC5 aren't as sexualised as the main characters, why is there no equivalency in that regard? What's the purpose of quiet having the design she has in mgs5, other than the plot reason given in that game given as justification. We've seen more than often that women are sexualised and there are numerous examples to be found as to how problematic that can be.Į.g. However, it's not abnormal to see pushback towards sexualised designs, considering there's an expectation or skewed view created as you've constantly been exposed to such designs. There's fan-art or sexualisation of characters who weren't sexualised in the first place. The problem doesn't necessarily lie with individuals creating or cosplay with sexualised characters. And sexualized/objectified character designs are almost always female, and when taken in a broader cultural context of sexual harassment and assault, especially in the video game industry, just feel extremely tone-deaf and icky in 2021. In contrast to murder (in most of the world), it's much easier to be a sexist than it is to commit homicide. In the case of sexualization it's because while these depictions are fictional, fiction has a subconscious and understated impact in how we regard reality around us. I think if other trailers yesterday focused on, say, murdering partivular minorities and put that front and center I would have been equally repulsed and embarrassed (case in point, some of the backlash towards Resident Evil 5). Moreover I think the difference is that by and large the murder in games is fictional, often stylistically presented, and not usually directed at any specific creed or ethnic group. I hate watching footage of TLoU2 for example and would tbh prefer less murder games in general even if there are some I like. Murder can absolutely be uncomfortable and embarrassing.
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