So Anita Sarkeesian, who apparently didn’t run off with all her Kickstarter money to found a Misandist Gynarchy in the wilds of Canada, has released the first video in her Tropes vs Women in Video Games project. (I’ve embedded it below.)
Naturally, this is causing great consternation in certain corners of the Internet (*cough* Reddit *cough cough* everywhere else that misogynistic nerds congregate *cough*). In the Man Boobz forum, Katz has started a contest to see who can find “the whiniest, brattiest, most entitled response” to Sarkeesian’s video on the Internet. So far Katz and Myoo have found a couple classic comments from irate Sarkeeianaphobes:
[H]ow does one go about stating that genders and gender roles are social constructs? I mean is evolution nothing to her? Does the patriarchy make male peacocks dress provocatively?
Yes. Yes it does.
And:
I’m gradually losing respect for the opposite sex. I’ve unfollowed people on tumblr who talk about how great she is, because it actually causes bile to rise in to my throat.
Yeah, that’s a totally reasonable response to a woman making a video about video games.
So anyway, I’m thinking we should bring the contest over here.
See what you can find! Consider it a sort of scavenger hunt.
Here’s my contribution, from the Men’s Rights subreddit, complaining that Damsels in Distress are the truly privileged ones:
Amazingly, this acutally got called out on r/mr as being pretty damn stupid.
Also, I have another question, to add to the stack of other questions I’ve been asking lately: Just why do you think so many guys get so angry when girls and women invade what they consider a male sphere, like gaming? (Also, why do they consider gaming to belong to boys and men?)
Oh, and here’s the video that’s causing all this hubbub:
Ah, thanks for the enlightenment – makes sense now. It’s ‘cos I’m a Brit so didn’t know the term.
What is with his use of “gender feminist?” I think I’ve only ever heard NWO use that, so that’s not exactly a plus.
There’s an extra l that found its way into augochlorella’s link; try this one: http://s61.beta.photobucket.com/user/MRA_06/media/P2110003a.jpg.html
And more Word Art: http://s61.beta.photobucket.com/user/MRA_06/media/1beedf04.jpg.html
Canon fodder? Does he mean there are cannibal clergy out there, or are men being sacrificed on the altar of Sherlock Holmes?
As for “a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do” – it’s idiom, idiot. Seems to have come from the film Rains of Ranchipur, and at the end of 1955 was called the stupidest phrase ever used in a movie. (Source: wiki. answers.
Navigation tip: Don’t think that “Youth” (in the banner) is the same as “Saplings” (in the sidebar), or that “Old Age” is the same as “Old Oaks.” These are FOUR SEPARATE PAGES of brilliance, and Old Oaks is where you can see the squirrel video.
Out here we call it pork barrelling, and it’s a standard feature of election years. But I’ve yet to hear of feminist groups or women’s groups of any sort getting cash or benefits.
I bet “a man’s gotta do …” isn’t in the original novel “The Rains Came”. I must read that book again. Loved it when I read it when I was younger – it’ll be interesting to see whether it has aged well. “Rains of Ranchipur” should probably get a prize for most cringe-making adaptation.
OH that squirrel “video”! Priceless! I shall never feel amateurish again.
This guy’s worthy of a whole Manboobz post.
I can’t stop watching that squirrel
videoFlash animation. Tears of laughter.Hate target? I had no idea LA courts hated pokemon.
Is there any way to download and save a Flash animation (or whatever you call it)? I live in fear that Ray will take his page down and I will never again get to see that squirrel.
OMG IT’S THE SQUIRREL AGAIN.
Nobody gets my tri-x pan joke! You shoot giant iron balls at wooden ships from cannons. You shoot film with Canons.
/is a Canon fangirl
The squirrel has caught wind of our conversation!
Well, fuck. We’re going to have to officially call a permanent end to the poster contest, because Ray has won it forever.
(But I have to point out my prescient use of the 3D orange diagonal wordart.
“My perfect fantasy LadyGame for Ladies doesn’t turn men into sexual objects. It’s not in a world where literally everyone except the love interest is female.”
And why ever not, eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otome_game
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CastFullOfPrettyBoys?from=Main.BlueBishonenGhetto
I have no problem with the wimminz and gurlz wanting their share of the pie, but I have a problem if they make us give up our own share. Do what Japan does, “objectify” our side as much as we “objectify” yours, but don’t force us to stop being true to our primal (sexual) natures. If you don’t want to be “repressed” anymore, well, that’s just fine, but then, don’t try to repress us either.
Because I don’t want every game I play to feel like a dating sim. Because sometimes I just want to kill a dragon without dehumanizing people of any gender. Because the desire to kill dragons can be felt by anyone, so there’s no reason to segregate gamers based on sexual preference.
And more to the point – because when I do want romance/erotica in my video games, I know it’s possible to design a love interest (again, of any gender) who isn’t belittled, objectified, or one-dimensional. Why shouldn’t I be disappointed when the video game industry gives me anything less?
You’re making it sound like the only reason to play video games is as a sexual outlet. That paradigm at best severely limits the possibilities of video games as a media and at worst is really insulting to gamers as a whole.
What do you do when you play a game that (gasp) doesn’t even have women characters to sexualize? Is the game un-playable?
@Abnoy
How does wanting a game where there is more than 1 female character repress you?
You see it in films too. A group of boys and one girl. The girl is the love interest and is the only female in the whole film that talks.
And how come your solution is to objectify men? That is NOT want I want to do. I want to play a game with a relatable female character. I don’t want to objectify men in my video games. I don’t want to objectify anyone in my games.
It is not repression to want a game with characters I can relate to.
*that is not what I want to do.
Someone tell me this Ray bloke is the Poe of MRM posters. Please, please, he can’t be for real! 😀
Say, what would happen if JohntheOtter and RaytheSquirrel met in mortal combat?
Anboy related, but I think everyone should step on at least three legos every time they use gurls and wimminz without sarcasm. bad anboy bad you are annoying. Also, if you want to jerk off, do it to porn, not videogames.
(sorry if this comment was out of line, non anboy people feel free to call me out on it. I’m just grump and tired and unwisely reading the troll)
If Abnoy wants something to jerk off too why can’t he just download some porn?
Not out of line at all, but a wasted effort – Abnoy’s a charmless loser who likes to skirt around claiming to be a child molester.
@kittehs
Thanks for the heads up, I already knew he was a troll though (or at least thought) I’m just cranky. Probably a sign I shouldn’t engage (and should actually get some sleep) but…man Idk. I’m rambling a lot today.
Marie — ABNOY’s nicknamed annoy by a lot of people around here, and for good reason.
And now seems an ideal time to remind everyone that he thought it hilarious we’d be offended at the implication he’d bought sex from teenagers /PSA