Female Characters - Empowering or Endangering Equity?

Posted by simoniker on Thursday May 15, 2003 @04:34PM from the rianna-rouge-is-one-of-the-above dept.

deacon_jay writes "There's an interesting article from the NY Times (registration required) about what the depiction of female protagonists in video games is doing for female empowerment. Obviously, there are opposing views put forward, such as: 'Women as hypersexualized killers distracts attention from their unequal status' or 'I do not think playing these games encourages women to be victims'. I'm tending to the latter argument, but the article raises some interesting questions." For example, Lara Croft - icon for the power of the female, or created for gamers to goggle at? This is even an academically discussed question.

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Look at the on that is complaining by Burnsy3071 · 2003-05-15 17:47 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Look at the pictures of the 2 women the article talks about. The one that thinks games show women in a good light looks ok and the one that is against how women are treated in games is nothing to look at.

You know the one is just jellous that she isn't hot and can't control men using that.