But is there other ways of directing games towards men? Violent games for example. Speaking broadly, I think men are much more fascinated and amused by violence than women.
The question is if it's only a cultural thing, and if so, should the cultural difference of men and women be taken into account when directing games towards both genders?
Because that seems misogynist in it's own way..
Didn't want to watch that misogynist video, seen enough of those. (Happy that the woman vs trope thing has started.)
The feministfrequency actually has more videos that are pretty helpful with realizing how these things actually are... I think the reason why men are interested in violence is partly because men are portrayed as being interested and resorting to violence. It's "normal" for a boy to be interested in guns and wargames.
Im not sure whether we -need- to direct anything toward either gender. Why can't a sim be for both boys and girls? What about a wargame like Battlefield or whatever is inappropriate for a female gamer? In the past advertisement has made an entire anatomical detail "unsightly" that before was considered ok. That's armpit hair.
You might like this bit of news, apparently sweden is trying out a gender neutral pronoun for children =)
http://www.disinfo.com/2012/04/sweden-to-use-new-gender-neutral-pronoun-hen/That whole discussion also reminded me of hearing something a Kogi said in a speech once, he was telling us about how when children become used to playing war the culture has changed and the soul has changed, they're not the same anymore. No kogi child is like that.
Hit me real hard too because I thought it was natural, I thought if they didnt make toy guns then the kids would tie stick together to make their own...but then I realized...no, no Schwarzenegger, no gun worship =/.
Honestly, I still dislike the label feminism. I understand that it's actually about equality but why isnt it called gender/sex equality then? I have personally had contact with women who really become abusive to men thinking they're being feminist, clearly these women arent very smart and arent delving deep into the roots of the movement, but that is what is bound to happen with language, I think it's the same as with sex specific children pronouns.