sexual objectification | Women in Game Studies

3 Jul 2013

Dat Ass: The Disempowerment of the Strong Female Character through Sexual Objectification

Kate Beaton offers a hilarious summary of what I'll be discussing in this comic. Check it out. Now don't get me wrong, I am a true believer that the ownership of one's sexuality is truly empowering. But what I'm going to argue today is that by obje…

Where have all the Women Gone? : The Female Gamer in a Male Paradigm

MarenWilson

In the last couple of weeks we've looked at a series of articles focusing unsurprisingly on issues of gender, representation and feminism in games. These articles have been a wonderfully brain wrinkling experience for me and you can find the source…

The Suspension of Disbelief in Games and the Female Body

SarahBeck

Last week we read an interesting post on costume design that discussed the concept of sexiness and the relationship between gender and costume design in games. The article addressed the "suspension of disbelief" in the context of clothing practical…