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bioemerl  ·  3566 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Editor's blog: I am sexist Let's talk about how, why and what I'm doing about it.

The issue with the movie is that it follows the damsel in distress trope.

The issue with damsel in distress is that it portrays women as something that should be protected. That women are weak, unable to stand for themselves. That some man has to save the person in trouble because they can't save themselves.

What is it you are saying when you say that having the murder of a woman in a video game is such a horrible thing?

Forget the whole fact that through most all games nearly all those who are killed, in both situations of helplessness and of not, are men. There are many instances where you are rewarded for murder throughout games, and the vast majority of those who you can kill are men.

What does it say to take offense to this one achievement just because it involves killing a woman in a senselessly violent way? Because I see it as the very thing that is wrong with the trope in the first place. The idea that women should be protected, shielded from violent action, and that they can't stand up for themselves.

", it awards the player for murdering a woman for the crime of being a woman"

No it doesn't. You aren't murdering the person because they are a woman. This isn't an attack on women because they are women. It features a woman because the film which is very consistently parodied through many films and other media, featured a woman.

Again, if the context was different. If you were in game and told to start murdering women on the street who aren't wearing good enough clothing because they deserve it, than i'd understand the offense to it. However, in this situation I do not.

I am still saying that it is not a valid point, no matter how many times you tell me I am mistaken (unless it is backed up with proof and I so decide to have my mind changed, that is)