Dakryn's Batshit Theory of the Week
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Einherjar86
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I don't intend to make this into a politicized gender discussion, but I can't help but wonder about the masculine dimension(s) of video games. I know there are women who play video games, but I can't but feel that most of them appeal to a "masculine" audience.
oh "estimations", i see.Are you sure you didn't make up an "estimate" in the 160s?
Do you have nothing better to do?
TechnicalBarbarity
Poser Disposer
Sure, i can start making fun of you too again. What do you say? You want in? I have plenty of material.
Einherjar86
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rms
Active Member
not sure there's a societal reason for women to play video games, if we're going to gender this (even more)
TechnicalBarbarity
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like come to a metal forum and pretend to me some kind of smart ass in the social section like you and dak? Are you also "fairly sure" of your IQ score based on some calculation you drew up in your own head?
CiG
Room with a View
Most video games deal with violence, whether direct (shmups, hack and slash, fighting games etc) or indirect (sports) and that alone probably discourages a ton of women. Adventure games (and RPGs) do well with the female demo though, probably because it does its best to balance story and decision-making, in a social sense, with violence.
I think JP also made a good point when he said for women, reaching maturity is less nebulous because the biological implications are more in-their-face. Men without some kind of guidance can take their whole lives to "grow up" (big part of why they abandon pregnant s/o's) and so maybe women just realize the futility of playing video games all day much earlier on?
I think JP also made a good point when he said for women, reaching maturity is less nebulous because the biological implications are more in-their-face. Men without some kind of guidance can take their whole lives to "grow up" (big part of why they abandon pregnant s/o's) and so maybe women just realize the futility of playing video games all day much earlier on?
Einherjar86
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So you don't have anything better to do.
What's the societal reason for men to play video games? I'm asking seriously, I'm not sure I know.
TechnicalBarbarity
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The Ozzman
Melted by feels
rms
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article says we do because we are lost and need to feel important and challenged and the community.
I think I agree with the challenge aspect, and then community a distant 2nd. I'd juxtapose video games with organized sports (as one increases and the other decreases too)
TechnicalBarbarity
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Einherjar86
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But why don't women use it as a way to relax and relieve stress? Or as a way to feel challenged? Why are they only stress-relieving and challenging for men?
TechnicalBarbarity
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i know a few women that play video games to relax and unwind. And i'm not talking about CIG. You guys need to get out more.
rms
Active Member
I'm not suggesting they cannot do the same things for women, just suggesting women aren't interested in using them
If you believe that men are genetically wired to show their dominance, it makes sense for them to challenge themselves. If you believe the patriarchy tells men to compete, then it makes sense.
I don't know why women would want to exert their gendered superiority this way nor do I think they have it.
If you believe that men are genetically wired to show their dominance, it makes sense for them to challenge themselves. If you believe the patriarchy tells men to compete, then it makes sense.
I don't know why women would want to exert their gendered superiority this way nor do I think they have it.
CiG
Room with a View
Might be time for you to hit the road in a Winnebago, you're clearly having a mental breakdown.
rms
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dude has been non stop on UM for a week and telling everyone to go outside
Einherjar86
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Well, I don't believe there's any such thing as gendered superiority in nature. We assign superiority as a cultural value. But that's an aside.
I think you're right that society teaches men to compete--so that makes sense to me. I also think there's biology behind it, but I don't think biology precludes women from being aggressive.
I suppose I feel that video games market themselves to men, and that the prospect of being challenged isn't a strictly masculine feature. There could certainly be challenging video games that appeal to women, but manufacturers tend to avoid those narratives. I know that plenty of women in academia and in business love to be challenged; but maybe the representation of challenge takes on particularly gendered tropes.
TechnicalBarbarity
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