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Those numbers are a bit disappointing.
I'm curious about the definition of "portray women in a derogatory way". Do they mean there are games that explicitly claim that women are evil/bad, or are they games with women who are scantily clad bimbos?
Sexism is bad. Borderline pornographic games are weird, but I'd argue that it isn't sexist.
I'm willing to bet that the 36% of boys that wouldn't play a game "derogatory" towards women were asked would you play "DOA: Extreme Beach Volleyball" and not asked "Would you play a game that portrays women as lesser human beings?"
The fact that they aren't making their questionnaire available is suspicious. You can see their highly polished and curated report here: https://www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/teens-screens-25 but note that unlike any research paper that uses established surveys for their area of research, or makes their own and makes it available as an addendum, you can't find any reference to the questions asked aside from vague references. Some you can 'reverse-engineer' such as preferences, but most are black boxed.
I would imagine that they didn't define the term on the questionnaire and just asked if they avoided games for that reason.
Are pornographic films, books, and other art weird?
They CAN be. Watch Cake Farts and tell me that shit ain't weird.
Of course they can be. I'm asking if you see them as weird universally
Not really? Why do I feel like you are asking an argumentative question?
It also works the other way. I never minded the DOA series but I stopped playing GTA 5 over all of the main characters being misogynists and most of the women they know being based on negative stereotypes.
GTA is about being a piece of shit criminal. GTA 5 was specifically about crime films. They were not meant to be good people.
I mean, it's not just about them, I'm thinking about how, for example, Franklin's aunt was portrayed as nagging and overbearing and Michael's daughter as ditzy and naive. The game doesn't really do anything to suggest that this is only Franklin and Michael's perception of them. I found it uncomfortable, and it was sort of a trend throughout the game. The exceptions tended to be minor side characters like the hacker you could hire for the jewelry heist.
I'm not really a fan of GTA V, but are you unable to enjoy media with unredeemable people?