Socialisation
is a F-cker…
The evil of Socialisation and the female
gamer are not friends. Socialisation,
including, but not restricted to the
influence of parents, institutions and
other peers do influence the development
and overall behavioural orientation
of majority of people and this is specifically
linked to gender. From infancy, boys
and girls are treated and reacted to
differently and self-concepts evolve
which, whilst seeming ‘natural’
are, for the most part just a bunch
of f-cked up social norms based on what’s
gone before. This includes boys playing
video games and girls playing dolls,
why is that?
Hello my bitches and ho’s (you
know I mean that affectionately) and
anyway it’s hip hop speak so acceptable.
Today we’re here, not to look
at gender, which I’ve done to
death these last few weeks, today we’re
looking at another destructive force
in the realm of gaming and one that
is often overlooked, yes my homies it’s
time to look at racism and racial stereotyping
in your favourite pastime that's fo’
shizzle......
Breasts
are a big thing …
Especially if your name is Lady Lara
Croft, a woman who whilst screaming
“look at me I’m every girl
gamers feminist dream” may actually
be whispering “I’m here
for titillation, to get you hard.. oh
baby control me”.......
Ok
I’m just going to say it, there
are a couple of ‘famous’
(well as famous as any female gaming
groups can be!) girl gamer clans that
I’m sure you’ve probably
all heard of, one is PMS Clan and the
other is FragDolls. But here’s
the thing, do these boothbabe styled
girl gamer groups hurt women gamers
or aid them?.......
Words
girls never hear, why?.. other than
the obvious gender specifics of it?
Because we can't do things when we're
women that we did when children and
have a ready made and fondly spoken
excuse waiting in the wings to bail
us out, ladies, we're just not that
lucky, guys, you've got it made, you
can be boys when you're 50 and it's
okay because everyone knows 'boys will
be boys'........
These are two things squealed at me
as I made the eternal error and chose
the 'find game' option on Xbox Live
one night, so I thought it rather relevant
to include them here. These were obviously
meant in an affectionate manner along
with the plethora of other slurs aimed
in my direction due to the crime of
being a girl in the gaming universe.
My driving was also called into question
along with my sexual preference and
of course my physical appearance.......
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