Feminist on Video Games

[Fly By Night]

This self-proclaimed feminist made a video series on women in video games explaining that it is dehumanizing to have the "damsel in distress" trope:

http://www.feministfrequency.com/2013/03/damsel-in-distress-part-1/

Before I watched the video, I was like, "Oh boy, she's gonna cry about her wanting to be the hero," but later into the video I saw that the damsel in distress trope helped build up the pedestal mentality that the west encourages so much.

But at the same time, I can't envision in real life a woman risking her life to save a man. There are certainly video games that try to portray this, but they usually make the man look like the bumbling idiot. (see "Lollipop Chainsaw")

Do you agree with the feminist?

P.S. I'm still watching the series as I make this thread, I don't know what conclusion she will come to.

 

[nismo-4]

Mario was lucky in any game that Princess Peach kissed him. (Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, Super Mario World, Super Mario 64)

Link never ever got a kiss from Zelda. All that damn running around fighting monsters and then he don't get no kind of love.

But she won't complain about Metroid though!

 

[Packers2010]

i tired to make a comment on her video and comments are disable.

do i need to say more?

she can put men down all she wants and take take take, but once she's given. she can't handle it.

her video remind me of the terminator. but instead of the robots crushing the humans it would be the feminists crushing the men.

 

[TillTheEndOfTime]

i tired to make a comment on her video and comments are disable.

do i need to say more?

she can put men down all she wants and take take take, but once she's given. she can't handle it.

her video remind me of the terminator. but instead of the robots crushing the humans it would be the feminists crushing the men.

Astute observation. Feminists are modern day communists in disguise. They only believe in "free speech" when you agree with them. They realize that their views are ridiculous and biased, so they don't like to give a more intelligent & knowledgeable person a forum for debate. There will be no contest. They just can't win. Their arguments will be relegated to man-hating insults, which is all that they are capable of in a debate.

Many video games in the past decade have been showing "strong, independent" women as the savior in the game. So much so that it is a very DISPROPORTIONATE view on reality (the vast majority of real life heroes are men). And in many movies about science, the apocalypse and such show women in very technical and knowledgeable roles.....roles where women typically represent 3-10% of the actual population in reality but somehow always get the role on TV.

This feminist in delusional as are most feminists.

Anyone who thinks video game gender roles are always about a "damsel in distress" needs to throw away their 1990's Nintendo and step into the year 2013.

 

[sageproduct]

Psh. Old old news. Pretty much everything there was to discuss about feminism in video games was discussed circa the year 2000

 

[Darth]

Many video games in the past decade have been showing "strong, independent" women as the savior in the game.

If I hear the phrase "strong, independent woman" one more time, I swear I'm going to strangle somebody.

 

[VladPatton]

Lara Croft should suffocate this bıtch with her muff.

 

[sageproduct]

If I hear the phrase "strong, independent woman" one more time, I swear I'm going to strangle somebody.

This is for you Darth
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[Darth]

Heh

 

[backseatjuan]

Haha, I just used Web of Trust on Firefox to give her site a 0 rating, because feminism is a dangerous terrorist ideology started by IHS Jesuit isus horus & set Lucifer worshiping illuminates. I don't care what that ***** has to say, all feminists have the same thing to say.

AFC is an offshoot of feminism, a condition in which men simulate women.

 

[Zion]

Feminism is an idiotic concept being promoted and sustained by idiots.


Sadly , nowadays it's just another tool for women to unleash their drama upon the world.


If you ask me , it's all part of the inferiority complex.
"I'm a strong and independent woman". Biatch , if you're strong and independent why do you feel the need to constantly run around reminding everyone of it, verbally ?

Woman or man , if you're strong and independent you'll be respected by both sexes alike without even once having to state it in a verbal manner yourself.


The most ironic and disgusting part of it all is that this concept still exists today. Today , when man are pussified women worshipers that put every single piece of female existence on a god damn pedestal. When men are indoctrinated ever since birth to be the knight in shining armor. Indoctrinated to go through life doing whatever is in his power - provide , fight , go through hell and back without a second thought and much more - , all of this in the name of "Her".

I'm not saying a man shouldn't live to his potential inner knight. But while men are brought up like this , women are brought up with a mentality that pretty much states :"You just sit there looking pretty and your knight will show up eventually".God dammit , if a knight is what you want , you better be a damn princess. And by that I mean the real deal , not a wannabe attention wh0re. You want greatness ? You better be able to provide greatness yourself.

Some men are naturals. Others have potential or willingness to learn so we lurk around forums like this one to self-improve. The remaining vast majority are simply pitiful clueless bastards. And women aren't much better themselves. 90% of them can literally provide to her man absolutely nothing more than a pair of t!ts and a tight as$. Well,if that's all you're capable of providing , why do you expect to be treated as more than just that ?

"Chivalry is dead. Because women killed it". There's a reason why this is one of my favorite quotes.

As a side-note , I'm not a misogynist. I don't hate women , I only hate stupid people whom promote stupid values with exuberant stupidity.

 

[Darth]

"If you want to survive , you have to be willing to die."

Incredible quote and VERY VERY true. Repped.

 

[Burroughs]

if womyn want games to be a certain way...

then womyn shouldlearn programming and build the games they want!

until then

shut the fvck up!!

 

[1-800-HellNo]

Feminism being wrong or not, there is just so much dumb **** in her videos.
Did you know she got something like $80,000 in donations to make that?
She got hundreds of games for "research" and all she could come up with is that guys save girls in video games.

I guess the lesson is, if a woman gets kidnapped, don't try to save her.

Like Zion said above, it's part of an inferiority complex. Deep down they hate being women.

I always think it's funny when guys show up to support this stuff. We all know they are just trying to get laid, but it's so futile.

 

[Christopher Philip]

Yeah, old story. Feminism seems to be in it's deathbed.

 

[Fly By Night]

There are like a ton of response videos on this video since the comments were disabled.

 

[Zarky]

LOL at all the guys who hate feminism who know nothing about it. Red staters all?

Anyway, the OP has a glimpse of understanding, to wit:

Before I watched the video, I was like, "Oh boy, she's gonna cry about her wanting to be the hero," but later into the video I saw that the damsel in distress trope helped build up the pedestal mentality that the west encourages so much.

Gender roles are evil. Evil because they don't account for human individuality.

I'm laughing at all the conservatives who pretend to value individual freedom but then want to make all men behave the same way and all women behave the same way.

People who hate feminism are non-intellectuals, reactionaries, or folks who simply don't know what they're talking about.

 

[Darth]

People who hate feminism are non-intellectuals, reactionaries, or folks who simply don't know what they're talking about.

Hmmm...I think you are 100% wrong. And the country is starting to agree with us. Big social changes are about to happen. Feminism will die very soon.

 

[MrNiceGuy23]

That woman is absolutely retarded.

Women are portrayed as damsels in distress...because they are. Look at soldiers, look at police officers, look at firefighters, look at bouncers, look at security guards, what percentage of this whole is women? A very, very, VERY SMALL percentage.

Why? Because that's how humans are biologically designed. Women do not have the genetics to do these tasks at the level a man could. Sure, there are exceptions, but as a whole it's true.

Nobody wants to play video games where the main character is an ugly woman, or a fat out of shape guy. When I play a game, I want me character to look like a badass, not some skinny kid. If I play a female character, I want her to be attractive, and still kick ass.

This woman is so ignorant in thinking it's all done to suppress women. It's all done because evolution and genetics have dictated these roles. Sure, anything can happen in video games, but I like to have some sense of realism, and playing a game where a man can handle some physical feat is believable, not so much with a woman.

 

[Darth]

^^Not to mention, men actually function at their best when they are protecting women. It brings out all kinds loving/tender/protective instincts. Feminism does not just affect women, is not just harmful to women- it deprives men of fulfilling THEIR roles happily.