Ok, but that is the message she brings in her video's. That we take pleasure in the killing/torture of women. Yes, a protitute/stripper get's killed, but in the end of the game, how many unnamed NPC males have you killed? That is what I'm saying. I play games to escape from life for a bit. Not to worry about gender issues because I just shot some random NPC (be it male of female). That is pretty much the last thing on my mind when I play the type of video games she mentions.
You've pretty much chosen to ignore multiple explanations from other comments here replying to your previous posts, so I'm not even going to attempt to offer a rebuttal.
To me she is just looking for underlying messages which aren't there, see the video below, I think that pretty much sums up how I feel about it.
If men act like Feminists (don't mind the title, it's him doing a same format of Video Anita does in her FF video's)
As a guy myself, and also as a feminist, this video is absolute pure garbage. Like the WORST counter-argument to the quality of work Anita has put out. How is it possible to have such a misinformed & confused perception of what feminism actually is?
Yes, but you can look at it another way too. The "Damsel in distress" trope is also a story about a man trying to save a woman that he cares for. It's easy to say that the "damsel" in those story is the object, but that is not always true. She is the driving force behind the protagonists actions. If it was true what Anita claims, Mario would have said "fuck it" after Peach got kidnapped for the 987986th time (sorry for the bad example but Anita brings up Peach quite a few times so I thought it was fitting) and we would have no story or game.
In the end if she twists and turns the stories enough, she can find Misogyny/Racism in pretty much any type of story and I think that it will never be enough for her.
I don't even know where to start here. Do you understand what the definition of a trope is? How can you say honestly that something like the Mario damsel in distress situation is actually 'Oh no wait, Peach is really the
driving force behind the game guys!' It's historically a hackneyed cheap and lazy excuse to prop up the player's actions. They continue to regurgitate the same motivations for every game because it's a quick and easy crutch to lean on. That's exactly what a trope is. The writers actually need to write in additional wants and desires for Mario to come to the conclusion of 'ok fuck this'. He doesn't suddenly have sentience where he is able to come to his own conclusions. He's a fucking video games character that somebody wrote.
Furthermore, Peach has never been written in a way where she is anything more than the player's prize. You see her at the start, helpless and then kidnapped, you don't see her til the end, you win her back. There is absolutely nothing in that where you can believe she is the crux of the whole franchise. If Mario cares so much for the princess why doesn't he show it? Where do we see real in-depth characterization of Peach and her relationship with Mario? We don't, cause you know, fuck that, I want to stomp some goombas. This is a completely asinine argument you're trying to perpetuate.
I understand that people have different experiences in life. But to claim that one race/gender has absolutely no idea what others are going through, which feminists tend to do (I speak from experience), kind of contradicts that as wel.
Again, nonsense. The majority of men I have ever met in my life are completely oblivious to the sort of daily harassment women face, baseline objectification and ingrained social norms they have to put up with. In a society men have control over, it's very easy to overlook and dismiss the problems that never affect your personal life. But, jesus, have some empathy. Listen to women and their experiences, read the news, educate yourself on this stuff.
These 'claims' as you put it, come from hard & undeniable evidence that women are disproportionately the main victims of sexual/domestic abuse, harassment, rape, violence etc etc. Be it online or in every day life. As a woman, that is a burden you have to come to terms with. But
why should women have to put up with that shit? Why can't they speak up about it and how these societal norms have affected the media around us. This is one person in a sea of millions who chose to critique a medium in a constructive manner and give her opinion. What she receives in return,
for being a women, is a mountain of gendered harassment, death threats and abuse online.
How does that not illustrate how bad it is for females in our community? No one is denying harassment can happen to anyone from any background, but it's honestly a point that's redundant here when we are talking specifically about a
women's perspective on the matter. Stop trying to turn the spotlight and attention away from her with 'but but..men's issues.'
And I think that is where my concern stems from. And Anita clearly doesn't value opinions, because her comment section/rating are always disabled. She says it's because of the threats, but there are plenty of opinion chanels on youtube who face the same issues and who does shy away from the discussion.
We cannot tell her or her viewers that the images she decided to show have been pulled out of context and given the wrong explanation to begin with. Or ask her to clarify her stance on certain things. I have tried sending her PM's but there was never a response.
In a way she shuts people up, kind of like how people threaten her to shut her up, it's not the same means of course, but the result is the same.
It's not that I lack empathy for the girl, but I cannot find myself agreeing with someone who twists the video's to fit into her own agenda.
Don't pretend like you don't know the exact reason of why comments are disabled. it's nothing to do with silencing criticism. It's about not giving space to people who actively spout unprecedented hatred and vitriol towards her.
She is not shutting anybody up, It's the bloody internet. If you disagree with somebody, there are many forums such as this one that you are able to voice your opinion on. Don't like that you can't contact her directly? Tough luck. We can have this conversation once she stops receiving threats against her life for exposing the icky parts of gaming.
Edit: he was banned..after I wrote all of that up. Sigh.