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Hang on, so sex work is work and we shouldn't shame sex workers, but those who pay the sex workers for their services are gross misogynists? Gotta pick one.
That's missing a key past of the argument, objectification. Do the game devs add women exclusively as eye candy or as interesting, complex characters? I haven't played GTA5 so I legit don't know.
Maybe her comment here was silly and misplaced, but I think the gaming community really has (had?) excessive misogyny. And it does tend to cater to men more than women. Look at any recent major AAA games, the top 50 best selling video games, top rated games of all time, etc. The overwhelming majority ether have a male protagonist or customizable character. Only a handful specifically have a female protagonist.
Most gamers aren't gross misogynists, but there are plenty of ways game devs could better represent women as equals.
I do not agree that paying a woman for a lap dance is objectification if sex work is real work and should be respected. If sex work is bad and shouldn't be respected then sure, that'd be a bad thing to pay for, but it can't be both.
Wrong person, that was someone else that said that
Right, then I responded to them, then you responded to me responding to them, and now we're here. You said it's missing part of the argument but it is the argument you jumped into, so "nuh uh" is what I'm saying.
OK but your "nuh uh" didn't address anything I added to the conversation.
Sex work good
Treating all women as just sex objects bad
In the video game, are all women just eye candy/sex appeal/sex workers?
Or do the game devs know that women have more to offer than sex and show that?
You're reducing the argument to one action, lap dances. But the argument is about the overall attitude towards women.
Wait you think the only women in the entire game are in this one strip club?