Plea to devs to address the sexism

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FuliginCloak wrote:

And this thread is exactly why most women do not even try to voice their complaints in arenas that fester with sexist groupthink. And so it marches on and on. Sad, sad, sad.

That is one possible view, the one that supports your own opinion. The alternate view is that most women may not even care and that it is only some men that are offended on behalf of women. White-knighting is the term.

I play the game mostly with a female friend (in her 30s), and she had never even noticed the decoration, and she's not offended by it. Actually, I have more female friends that play video games than I have males ones, and in almost all cases that you feel are sexist, it was usually me, the guy, who was offended by something. I'd ask a friend, "Don't you feel this is degrading?", and she'd answer, "Nope, I think it's sexy!".

So, I'd put forward the suggestion that perhaps women aren't afraid to voice their opinion (and don't need you to do it for them), but that they simply don't care. If anything, I find the notion and implication that women are afraid to speak up for themselves, and need a man to defend their honor and interests, to be "sexist". Most women I know have zero trouble fighting their own fights because, you know, they are independent, self-thinking and entirely capable persons, too.

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tobes111 wrote:

violence did come from video games

too many kids playing GTA and robbing cars and servos

there is a link.

I'm pretty sure people were violent before computer games had been available, but the thousands of years of documented history might be wrong though, who knows.

All I merely stated in this thread was a feminist viewpoint, not mine. People's inability to think of things in any way but their own just shows what a predominantly ignorant society we live in. I don't understand how people can have so little thought or education to not understand

I don't care about any of the stuff in the game, either, as I have already iterated, however, understanding other peoples viewpoints is something I will accept if there is some form of (in this case moral) justification. Maybe if more people started doing this, we would have more of a community here rather than this fucking fragamentary, argumentitive travesty of broken opinions.

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Ahegao wrote:

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tobes111 wrote:

violence did come from video games

too many kids playing GTA and robbing cars and servos

there is a link.

I'm pretty sure people were violent before computer games had been available, but the thousands of years of documented history might be wrong though, who knows.

the link is between when games come out (such as GTA) and INCREASE IN VIOLENCE. Especially in kids.

obviously violence existed throughout history.

I think it's kind of interesting that the orbs are what's being complained about. I'm a feminist and the orbs have never really struck me as problematic, and my best friend (who is even more of a feminist than me) has played PoE a lot and never complained about the orbs. I can still see why they would make someone uncomfortable though, I don't see a problem with an option to remove them. It had the added effect of also not obscuring any of your life/mana, for those who have a bit of trouble with them in their peripheral vision or something.

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tobes111 wrote:

you are wrong

feminism is aimed at female supremacy

They want us to give them seats on the train = female supremacy

They want us to drive them around = female supremacy

they want us to treat them like gods = female supremacy

The feminist movement is moving wayyy too fast.

Before we know it men won't be allowed to sit down on buses if there is a woman on board.

Also I just wanted to point out that you are wrong and these things are not what feminism is about.

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How could I be so ignorant. I guess I wasn't aware you had a PhD in Wikipediology.

It's about effective communication. For you I couldn't find any picture books, so I settled on the next best thing.