In The Witcher 3 you get to play as Ciri for short segments but be warned enemies will yell nasty gendered insults at her while she fights.
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Dear gaming industry: If you want to appeal to women maybe consider not having your game yell “bitch" and "whore” at us while we’re playing.
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Enemies in Witcher 3 yell gendered insults at the playable female character but insults thrown at the male lead are decidedly not gendered.
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Enemies call Geralt “freak” & “mutant’ due to fictional prejudice against magic. When they call Ciri “cunt” it’s rooted in real life sexism.
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@femfreq nope... she's a fictional character. Therefore it's fictional sexism too. (And the insults hurled at Geralt abs elves is racism). -
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@femfreq Birth Of A Nation. Clearly racist as it depicts racism as a good thing, with the racists as heroic. -
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@femfreq in fact... the original Witcher game - as great as it is - went WAY too far with its sex cards. -
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@femfreq but sexism from fictional characters does not necessarily make the work of art or the writer sexist themselves.
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It's realistic to get sexually harassed walking down the street IRL. I don't play fantasy games for realism.
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@GynoStar so, go and play games without thugs! The problem solves itself very easily. -
@_Mimiloki Separate but equal? Great solution, thanks for thinking of it. -
@GynoStar nope. Games are diverse, and you are free to choose any game you like. -
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@_Mimiloki Oh my god, wow. I never thought of it that way. Thank you so much for opening my eyes. What a great point. Thank you. - 1 more reply
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@femfreq it's also unrealistic for no thug to ever respond to his fellow thug screaming about bitches "jesus, dude, what's your problem" - 1 more reply
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@femfreq question is, does the gendered harassment make the game more fun? Or is it just lazy writing that detracts? (It's the latter.) -
@jeffreymfoster@femfreq Witcher3 is actually probably the besr written game in over a decade. -
@BevinWarren Neato. Even more reason to call out the problematic areas and hope to push the good writers in the industry to do better.
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@femfreq Again, your criticism is shockingly lacking in any depth or analysis while is overtly pushed by agenda.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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