See the rating on the game? It's an adult game with adult themes.
Can't handle that then go hug a blanket and watch some children's cartoons.
Spoken like a true adult.
Why young men? Can adults of all ages, both male and female not enjoy adult themes?
They most certainly can.
However, the problem being that most adult themes don't appeal to all genders simultaneously, developers by in large have their adult themes appeal to straight males because a) it's usually what they are most familiar with and b) they assume that is the lion's share of their target audience.
It's also not real life, it's a game. Real life sexual discrimination is a worthwhile topic, a video game really isn't. Just like books and movies can depict adult themes and people can manage to differentiate real life from fiction.
It's a politically correct social justice warrior approved tweet that I hope CDPR laugh at.
Why are video games excluded from this sort of criticism? You certainly don't see the same level of reaction when someone dissects similar themes in other media.
Exactly.
And for those on the SJW front, go browse Tumblr for a few days. Half of the modern day feminists reblog pictures of naked women and "arty" sexual pictures. Tumblr is almost more of a porn site than Porn hub. But I guess it's okay to see females enjoy sexually stimulating material, but if you can nail guys for doing it, you can shame them and call them sexist.
I...don't even know what to say.
The "women" you talk about are fictional characters. Polygons don't have hurt feelings, emotions and can suffer from PTSD after violence, sexual or non.
Equality is rightfully fought for in real life, in work environments and for women/men abused and in danger.
Make that distinction and you can actually start looking for real inequality and sexism in the world. Not within polygons and fiction.
Why discredit the argument entirely with this? Why can't we have both?
If the model wanted to do it, so what? It can be viewed as good or bad depending on personal opinion and aversion to sex/nudity, but it is not sexist.
This is completely wrong.
Well that's what parts of the world genuinely want, and want with law/force. So it's not surprising that spills over into any medium that allows female or male characters to be depicted otherwise. Sex and nudity has forever been the bogeyman, violence tends to have made strides further to be less harassed and policed, and simply governed through ratings for content. America in the western world is still terrible with nudity, and still clutches to shaming around sex and ones biological urges to feel okay at being sexually stimulated/engaging in sex or masterbation.
It's more serious and dangerous in real life though. As a guy I've been warned by UK government travel advice for example not to wear shorts if I visit Saudi Arabia. Hahaha.
In all seriousness though that is a real problem, not nudity and sex in ESRB rated optional adult content.
You seem to think that the discussion as a whole is leading the industry towards some sort of extreme/puritan movement, which is simply not the case.
If the general concept of the game appeals to all genders, shouldn't the adult content in question appeal to all genders too?
If it's consensual it's no more sexist than a consensual gang bang or swingers party. It's an adult world with adult themes. Let adults be adults and live their lives if it's all legal, consensual and not harming anyone.
Personally I like to leave the sexist remark to women or men forced into something, harassed at work or in real life without consent or possibly denied a job simply due to their gender. You know real serious issues, not bickering over nudity and consensual sexually stimulating material. No one is forcing anyone to consume adult entertainment or look up sexy women posing on Google.
Vote with your wallet and ignore books, movies or games with sex or sexual themes. Leave other adults to make that decision themselves, and if they enjoy such entertainment don't try to shame or censor them.
Your self definition of sexist has no bearing on this discussion so why you keep trying to defuse the argument with it is beyond me. Game censorship is a wholly different can of worms, largely stemming from localizations citing cultural differences. Outcry on such topics and viewing it as shaming your personal tastes misses the point.
Your posts on this have, by in large, been astonishingly reductive. For something you repeatedly state is not worth discussing, you sure have a lot to say about it!
