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Last edited by BigDeadFreak; 29-08-2014, 16:26.
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The moment female developers, female journalists and female gamers drop the 'female' qualifier, things might start improving. Case Study #2 from the linked article mentions a podcast called Girlfight. If it brings some extra clicks, the genre inequality is welcomed. When the idiots show up, the videogame industry is dominated by chauvinistic pigs. Let's level the playing field, shall we?
Everyone, regardless of genre, ethnicity, religion or whatever, deserves to be treated with the same amount of decency and respect. Which isn't to say everything, men and women in this case, is equal or should be equal. What a boring and sterile place the world would be then.
Here's my favourite example of genre inequality:
When the RMS Titanic sunk, 832 of its passengers died, 63% of all passengers aboard the ship. However, those 832 casualties consisted of 80% of all male passengers and only 25% of all female passengers. The reason for such a disparity? "Women and children first". To honour that sacrifice, the Women's Titanic Memorial Association had a granite statue of a male figure with its arms outstretched erected in Washington, D.C., known as the Titanic Memorial.
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Originally posted by Deuteros View PostWhen the RMS Titanic sunk, 832 of its passengers died, 63% of all passengers aboard the ship. However, those 832 casualties consisted of 80% of all male passengers and only 25% of all female passengers. The reason for such a disparity? "Women and children first". To honour that sacrifice, the Women's Titanic Memorial Association had a granite statue of a male figure with its arms outstretched erected in Washington, D.C., known as the Titanic Memorial.
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Bear in mind that feminism, though the name might suggest otherwise, is about gender equality.
The Titanic example is a perfect reason to support feminism as a man, not to decry it.
It's similar to some of the stuff that has been suggested about men having the burden of military service; feminists advocate women serving in frontline military roles.
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Originally posted by Asura View PostBear in mind that feminism, though the name might suggest otherwise, is about gender equality.
The Titanic example is a perfect reason to support feminism as a man, not to decry it.
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Originally posted by Tobal View PostI would love to see you in a Titanic remake pushing women and children out the way to get on the first boat.
To be fair though, it's like the anti-atheist argument of "no-one's an atheist during an air raid". Regardless of what method you choose, a situation like being on a sinking ship requires that someone decides who lives or dies according to some criteria, and there's no way to emerge from that looking good.
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