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  I think it is great that the world of games is expanding and there are more women creating and playing games. However, things are getting little complexed here.

 Video games were always a victim of controversial topic such as "video games will cause violence" concern. That concern was determined as a spurious correlation in many studies, but now there is a new problem; gender and race problems in games. Some critics are criticizing video games like " why isn't gaming more inclusive?", "why must always a male heroes?" and "why are female characters are portrayed as Damsels in distress or sex object in games?" and so on. Some evidences are trustworthy, but the actual video game world are becoming more inclusive than ever now. There are more female and colored skin characters as a main character in games.

 Also, "the game is a male-culture"? "The games are made for men because the female characters are symbolized as a sexual character"? I think those aren't true. The gamers, they just love games. They don't really care about the age, race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual preferences. All they want, is a good game.

So, to the "critics" or gender activist and those kinds of people who thinks they are bringing video games to justice for good or acting politically correct, I think the gaming world is not as awful as you guys think.


Are video games sexist? | FACTUAL FEMINIST. (2014, September 16). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MxqSwzFy5w

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