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An Editorial Melee About Female Gamers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the put-up-your-dukes dept.

SR71 writes "Tom's Hardware has a strong debate between two of its editors in a face-off editorial about female gamers." From the article: "I'm not being puritanical - heck, a while ago I wrote about wanting to see more sex in videogames. Neither is this about being against female gamers. I simply take issue with people falling and fawning over these female gamers, and talking high-mindedly about how professional female e-sports will soon be on a par with the male circuit." The article contans some crass language that may be NSFW.

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  1. A lack of sex may be part of the problem! by Rimbo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Next time you're in the aisles of your favorite bookstore, take a peek at some of the fiction aimed towards women. You know the type I'm talking about.

    Now take a look at a book aimed more at a male audience.

    Which one of these has the lurid sex scenes, do ya figure?

    I loaned LoTR to my wife. After reading part of it, she stopped. Why? No sex. If she can't read a classic with a little sex in it, she'd just as soon read something cheesy with a lot of sex in it.

    Or compare the typical cheesy male-targeted TV series' content to something that draws a lot more women.

    If you want more women, you need more romance. And by "romance," I mean "sex."

    This whole "no sex in entertainment" thing is really a male chauvinist guy thing.