The Effects Of Female Body Function On Video Games

Toys and sports also promote gender appearances. Male appearances are characterized by being physically fit, strong and aggressive whereas females are to be beautiful, feminine and nurturing. Jane Smiley describes Barbie as being slender, stylish and most of all popular. Barbie is often dressed in pink and wears make up. Models in today’s society fit this description which makes other females want to achieve the same look. The appearances for females set by society‘s norms are presented in toys that gives off the message that ‘if you do not look like this’, it is considered unattractive. “Frilly, sexy, pink, purple, bedizened, and bejewelled were the preferred Barbies,” (Smiley 238) shows that females should have these characteristics in order to be seen as

To what extent are video game addiction and violent and misogynistic representations problems for the gaming industry?

Since the beginning of civilization there have been beauty standards, but as time has gone on, they have continually evolved and changed into what they currently are now. What was once beautiful two hundred years ago may only be average or desired by some, whereas in the past that may have been the most popular look or body type. However for decade’s women put beauty to the side and focused on the evolution of their rights and equality, but now since they have attained many of the same rights as their male counterparts the importance of gender equality seems to be changing. Currently many women are resorting back to issues of beauty and looks because of the societal norms that have come to be popular and important to the masses.

This beauty culture have not only affected a women’s self-esteem, but also their position in politics. A women are less likely to vote or run for office when they know that can rely on their looks to be successful. There are powerful women roles in movies with a minor issue that these roles are still being sexualizes. Women are also being sexualize in advertisement, television shows and music video. As a child watching these music videos of females displaying their bodies.

As presented in the movie Miss Representation, media and technology are important because they work as powerful messengers that build many people’s way of thinking. As we live in a technologically advanced generation, being exposed to media is so easy. Both media and technology works as delivering any ideas that shapes our society. They shape our minds about politics, our emotions, and our importance. Then, it means that media can also manipulate our perception of gender role. Among all the ideas that media tries to indoctrinate, it can also portrait the importance of a woman to being all about physical beauty. Media presents a perfect woman’s image focusing on their bodily figure making their value, worth, or mind would depend on their physical appearances. Thus, it influences the way men think what is important about women is their bodily attractiveness. In any kinds of media such as advertisement, films, or video games, women are generally appreciated by their looks, not by their intellectuals or achievements. As media depicts an unrealistic body image of women’s beauty, many young girls’ value is set as to become someone else with attractive appearance, nothing like smart, powerful, or leader-like.

International studies have shown that between seven and eleven per cent of gamers show some symptoms associated with addiction. Some teens are heavy users of online role-playing games (RPGs) such as World of Warcraft and multiplayer games such as Call of Duty in which they interact with other players in real time. These teens will often neglect schoolwork and other aspects of their daily lives when they become immersed in these games. The American Medical Association has identified “video game overuse” as ‘behaviour’.

This world is a flawed one at best and individuals or groups are always being devalued, as some people or groups feel superior to others. Misogyny is a world-wide issue that has existed for years and is still currently going on. Women who do not fit the social standards placed by media in society are scrutinized for not complying with the physique placed for women. Women have been a devalued group in society for quite some time now and it’s difficult to determine when it’ll end due to the degree of society depreciating women’s body types. In the article, “Tennis’s Top Women Balance Body Image with Ambition” Ben Rothenberg discusses how female athletes are scrutinized for their body image because it does not fit into the image society has placed

From a young age humans are taught to follow certain expectations according to their gender. This idea that we have a pre-established set of guidelines based on an individual 's gender has been increasingly problematic in my life. I believe it is important to understand the importance of having confidence and believing in yourself even if society says otherwise. Many women, even in modern countries, are seen as inferior to the opposite gender. In reality, women should be treated equally to men, and should be able to possess the rights to personal fulfillment and happiness. Looking at children today, girls are taught that they should be emotional and nurturing. With today 's media, the specific image of how a women should physically look:

Throughout the world women are depicted to be oversexualized among forms of media such as video games and comic books. The idea of oversexualization towards female characters is that they have been often drawn and animated in hypersexual ways. Even going as far as viewing them as a sex object, their revealing body images are eye candy through the eyes of men. Hence women found in comic books and video games are frequently emphasized by their excessive physical appearances, objectification, portrayal, and character role.

Despite all of the growth and progress the United States has made in our portrayals of women, such as race, haircut, makeup, and clothing, there has been a neglect in portraying different body types in media. The covers of magazines, actresses, and superheros have all stuck to the idealized image of beauty in the 21st century. This image of beauty isn’t a healthy or achievable for all women. These images are those that young girls look up to and therefore strive to be as adults. Those actresses and characters are then portrayed through the lens of the Male Gaze, further polluting the image women are supposed to strive to be.

The game play is pretty much the same concept as other strategy games, with whatever race you are playing you must control food stocks, construct walls, expand in section for better protection and over all build a mighty base, control large military forces and conquer the enemy.

Gender disparity in video games is a topic that both scholars and major gaming icons have discussed before. However, the topic recently resurfaced with the upsurging population of female gamers. The integration of females was a spectacle that caused a massive culture shock. Many members of the gaming community were unsure how to handle the change and took to discriminating females. While discrimination may seem unimportant, many scholars and icons believe it is a prominent factor of gender disparity: an environment which typically favors males, a hostile or “toxic” atmosphere, and repeated stereotypes all manifest certain behaviors of both genders that can cause a disparity to grow. Although some sources claim gender disparity is evident in gaming as a whole, others insist the novelty of female discrimination in video games is less prominent due to a more leveled percentage of male-to-females in gaming. However, both agreed that the competitive gaming community is a different story. Time and time again the competitive gaming community was mentioned for its exclusion of women due to biased and misogynistic members who sexualize and degrade females. These members believe women are inferiors that encroach on their territory with unskilled and seductive natures. Therefore, for the females in the gaming community, their actions will shape the future of women in the competitive gaming community. The change in female treatment is detrimental to gender disparity. Not only because

When discussing the role of women in video games, it is important to establish what an acceptable female character is. An acceptable female character has her own motivations that are not dependent on a male character, is not overtly sexualized, and has a multi-dimensional personality.

In a study by the Entertainment Software Association in 2014, 48% of all people who play video games in America are women, and another study by the Internet Advertising Bureau in February of 2015 stated that that number had jumped to 52%. That’s more than half of the population. So why is it that less than a quarter of all games feature a female protagonist? And in the event that the protagonist is female, most of the time they are inappropriately dressed to catch the gazes of males rather than be functional in the environment of the game. A good example of this is armor in medieval games. The males in the game normally have full armor that covers all the vital points, while female armor is more of a bikini made out of iron. And if they aren’t the protagonist, most of the time they are simply there for eye candy, serving no purpose other than

As long as anyone can recall there has been a significant underrepresentation of women in video games. Roles of women in video game has been unrecognized, unaccepted and unappreciated. In the most games like Call of Duty, Halo women are use as target of violence or object that men characters wins after winning a battle. In these kind of video games, women are victim or overly sexualized of the women body. So, the question anyone might ask is, is this sexism or are women used as object in these kind of roles? Answer is yes.