[fossgeller]

Well maybe they are bothered by its sexist content. People all are about free speech when it comes to censorship in media, but not that many talk about how objectification of women is still very common in it.

I’m sure that there are dating sims that are just fine, but let’s be honest here, these platforms are filled with much weirder stuff . Some of them even enter the morally grey areas imo.

[johnnyanmac]

>Well maybe they are bothered by its sexist content.

several Otome and BL content was hit by this as well. I don't think this is about protecting the women and children.

>not that many talk about how objectification of women is still very common in it.

It's not 2005 anymore. Show me any modern AAA game still doing this.

in terms of porn... well, yes. Your reward is sexual gratification with your chosen mate in any given game. Porn is inherently objectifying. I don't think you're seen enough of the porn market if you think porn is focused onobjectifying women, though.

>but let’s be honest here, these platforms are filled with much weirder stuff .

We're on Hacker News. I really hope we had enough background growing up to not wish for "weird" to be illegal.

[baobabKoodaa]

Oh no, weird stuff in games? Or even... morally grey actions in games? How awful!

[broof]

Child rape is morally grey now?

[fossgeller]

Well yes, one could argue that if games like GTA don’t turn people into criminals than these games are also harmless. Imo it’s a bit different in this case, as a more natural instinct (sexuality) is affected.

Sure, games can be beneficial for living out fantasies, but how will it affect your view on women if you frequently consume highly sexist content? The bottom line of my point is that I think this type of content is too easily available nowadays, and especially too much of it.

[everdrive]

"Objectification" is just a clinical and negative way to describe normal male sexuality. ie, that physically beautiful women are sexually attractive.

[fossgeller]

In my book objectification means presenting women as walking sexual organs, bodies of flesh that one needs to conquer, nothing more. Many of pornographic content nowadays do this. Sexuality is not a problem, sexism is.

[Cthulhu_]

I mean your last point is fine, the problem is when the Overton window of what "normal male sexuality" is shifts towards violating other people's boundaries, or diminishing them as people beyond how it affects men's arousal.

[Levitz]

Where would books like Twilight or 50 shades of grey rank on this "weirdness" scale? Sexism? Those two books had orders of magnitude more of an impact on society, where is the outrage?