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CSCA33 posted...

We are talking about representation in media and the issues surrounding harmful stereotypes and impacts on the population. There is a wealth of research where we know these things happen from oversexualization and objectification, as well as other harmful stereotypes having impacts.

You are harming the discourse to point at claims about violent video games causing an increase in crime statistics. Those kind of people such as your Christian groups misuse the facts from research about how violence in media affects people and can have harmful impacts making those claims. I was not talking about the crime rate stats going up or down.

Its really sad when people refuse to educate themselves and want to misuse the information and research, harming the discourse with this kind of anti-scientific talk, spinning false narratives built on baseless assumptions and being disingenuous with the facts.

Take some time to study what it means about harmful stereotypes, racism, bigotry, sexism, misogyny, and these others issues with the topic and how it affects people. There is a lot you can learn. Usually in elementary school is when they start teaching these things about what are harmful stereotypes.

Just gonna chime in for a moment and let you know that people are "harming" the discourse because it's not interesting discourse. Everything you're complaining about ITT are non-issues.

For decades I've been exposed to seeing handsome, ripped alpha male protagonists in video games and fiction in general. Never once have I ever thought, "Man, I'm not a jacked handsome bad-ass hunk like Nathan Drake and I probably never will be. My life is over!! :(". If seeing unrealistically attractive women in fiction destroys your self image or self-esteem like that, that's not society's problem, that's a *you* problem.

Your side is literally just Jack Thompson all over again, and you're fighting a pointless culture war that you're not ever gonna win. You're not doing yourself or society any service or public good, you're just pissing people off who enjoy a hobby by trying to make it lame and unappealing. People like seeing beautiful/sexy and aesthetically pleasing characters in games, and fiction in general. Sex sells, bland/boring/ugly "realism" doesn't. Attractiveness is always preferred. It's human nature. It's been that way for thousands of years, and you're never going to win a culture war against it.

And I do say people, because it's not just some one-sided thing against women by straight white male incel coomer gamers. It goes both ways. Women like seeing attractive guy and girl characters in games (and just fictional entertainment in general) too. Get used to it.