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Sweden Considers Adding "Sexism" Ratings To Video Games
An anonymous reader writes A government-funded agency in Sweden is considering creating special labels for video games based on whether or not the games' portrayals of women are sexist. From the article: "Avoiding sexism and gender stereotypes in video games produced in Sweden will become a key goal for the association, which has been given a 272,000 kronor ($36,672) grant by Sweden's government-funded innovation agency, Vinnova. Inspired by the Bechdel test, which looks at whether fictional films or books feature at least two women talking about a topic other than men, Dataspelsbranchen will work with several game developers to analyze how Swedish video games portray female characters and gender issues.
But the problem is when it is coming from a government-funded agency. Is it appropriate for the government to determine what is considered sexist? Is the nature of sexism black and white, where it's easily to tell very easily if something is sexist or not? I'd rather have ratings done by a non-government funded agency.
Yeah, we need to back up on this. The /. headline was horribly misleading. A better way to put it, a private advocacy group won a one-time govt grant to explore this. Govts and universities and NSF give out all sorts of grants for all weird topics. So don't flip out about the guvt angle
Feminists are Tea Baggers without the biblical references.
It sounds like you've culled your definition of feminist from only the finest of whacked-out tumblr blogs.
To avoid looking silly, I suggest you consult a dictionary, though I suggest strongly that you steer clear of "urban dictionary" for anything other than entertainment.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
The original source didn't mention women at all. Somewhere in the editorial chain, that claim was added - no doubt to make it sound more alarmist.
You and your ilk are ** morons. The shirt was a birthday present from a FEMALE friend that made design herself. If you have an issue with it, find the nearest bridge and jump from it because this world is too dangerous for hypersensitive idiots like you.
I found pretty amusing that your prudes take insult in the shirt when the guy was IN SHORTS and proudly showing his $@$# tattoos. As for discouragement of women.. the whole ordeal is an study ion hypocrisy. One of the lead scientists in the project was a FEMALE and instead of focusing in her achievements as a role model for females in STEM, the retarded idiot doing the interview focused in his shirt and uh. the patriarchy and how it discourages delicate flowers from entering the field.
For the rest of you, if someone is interested in support the guy:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/matt-taylor-rosetta-project-scientist
His friend that made the shirt tweeted about it soon after the controversy erupted:https://twitter.com/ellyprizeman/status/532927131098300416
Quite frankly I am pretty sure the guy did what every one else does when they get up in the morning to go to work, grab a shirt and some pants and go. He had more important things on his mind than a shirt like, I dunno, landing a probe on a comet.
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the (supposed) good of its victims may be the most oppressive