Its a fallicy to assume that the group of women who read Cosmo are even close to the group of women who are gamers. Generally, those who read Cosmo are not the "liberated woman" type. Not to say that I've never read Cosmo, but only for pure entertainment at laughing at the articles. Magazines like Cosmo, as well as Britney Spears and games like Tomb Raider give women, and especially young girls, the expectation that to be beautiful, they have to be tall, skinny, and large chested. And Lara Croft and Barbie are not only unfair beauty standards, but also unrealistic. If I had boobs like them, I'd fall over! Tomb Raider is such a clear example of women being used as sex objects. Since gamers tend to be the liberated, educated women, of course they are not interested in testing it. Personally, the only "womens" magazine I read is Ms. (which does not objectify women) and I listen to Ani Difranco (the epitomy of a liberated woman). And instead of arguing this in private, I figured I might as well stand up for woman-kind. Chris, hon, you gotta think twice before posting that type thing and telling your feminist, small-chested girlfriend about it!
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Its a fallicy to assume that the group of women who read Cosmo are even close to the group of women who are gamers. Generally, those who read Cosmo are not the "liberated woman" type. Not to say that I've never read Cosmo, but only for pure entertainment at laughing at the articles.
Magazines like Cosmo, as well as Britney Spears and games like Tomb Raider give women, and especially young girls, the expectation that to be beautiful, they have to be tall, skinny, and large chested. And Lara Croft and Barbie are not only unfair beauty standards, but also unrealistic. If I had boobs like them, I'd fall over!
Tomb Raider is such a clear example of women being used as sex objects. Since gamers tend to be the liberated, educated women, of course they are not interested in testing it.
Personally, the only "womens" magazine I read is Ms. (which does not objectify women) and I listen to Ani Difranco (the epitomy of a liberated woman).
And instead of arguing this in private, I figured I might as well stand up for woman-kind.
Chris, hon, you gotta think twice before posting that type thing and telling your feminist, small-chested girlfriend about it!
~Sara