Okay, you seem very passionate about pointing out how wrong and bad this is for society, but I'm wondering how consistent this perspective is across cultural lines. Do you specifically see this as a problem for Japan where there should be more attention and focus on it because of how backward you feel their social standards are, or is it something you are interested in discussing for all entertainment?
For example, do you not find it a little creepy that Bioshock Infinite puts the player in the role of a father figure of a young teenage girl, and spends much of the narrative making the girl increasingly sexy as she becomes more confident of who she is and becoming a woman? Is it necessary to evolve her design into one where she wears a low cut dress, especially when the game is in first person and you spend much of the game watching her run forward before turning around and looking at you with inquisitive eyes? As an adult playing such a game, that has to be at least a little weird right?
On the subject of improper relationships in positions of authority, how do you feel about the relationship aspects of Mass Effect and Dragon Age? In these games you are a commander with a team under your command. These include men and women who can be courted, and in some cases pressured, into having a sexual relationship with you. In the case of Mass Effect 2, the character of Jack in particular can be seen as troubling, because it introduces a character who is shown as a victim of child abuse and trafficking, and even after being "saved" by the hero, she exists as a potential conquest for a player who likes "that type of girl".
I think this sort of thing exists everywhere in entertainment in varying degrees, and it is the responsibility of the player to assess how okay they are with it. But to have an honest discussion about such things, it'll require people to actually want to talk about what is problematic and why it is. Things aren't made in a vacuum. For example, I don't think violent games make people do violent things, but they are very clearly an indication that people enjoy violent fantasies at the very least. This is something we can talk about without going scorched earth about, and we can recognize that simulating violent acts can be a form of stress release. But somehow when it comes to talking about sexual stuff, all form of communication seems to break down. It's either right or wrong. You're either on one side or the other. It becomes about labeling people who take a stance instead of actually talking about it. Why do you think that's so?
