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<blockquote data-quote="Taneras" data-source="post: 6870478" data-attributes="member: 6842952">Sexism in real life does that, sexism within a game doesn't affect anyone because pixels aren't people.&nbsp; Unless it can be shown that sexism within video games influences people to be more sexist outside of video games (in real life) then yes its simply a matter of taste.&nbsp; You might as well be a religious person arguing that portraying demons in a positive light in video games isn't acceptable.&nbsp; Some people don't want a violent game.&nbsp; Some people don't want a game that has sexism.&nbsp; Some people don't want a game with spirits or demons as main characters.&nbsp; Some people don't mind some of those elements.&nbsp; At that point its down to preference.Now, if games did influence people's behaviors then all bets would be off and there would be an objective, detectable, harm befalling society and you'd be right, we'd need to address this issue past the current &quot;well that's just not my taste&quot; situation.There are plenty of guys who believe and there are plenty of women asking questions as well.&nbsp; Please don't try and turn this into a gender war.To be fair I've only just now entered the conversation and the quotes I've dealt with so far have only been related to complaints women have had.&nbsp; I never said that this is just about women, I understand that there are other complaints by other people as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Taneras, post: 6870478, member: 6842952"] Sexism in real life does that, sexism within a game doesn't affect anyone because pixels aren't people. Unless it can be shown that sexism within video games influences people to be more sexist outside of video games (in real life) then yes its simply a matter of taste. You might as well be a religious person arguing that portraying demons in a positive light in video games isn't acceptable. Some people don't want a violent game. Some people don't want a game that has sexism. Some people don't want a game with spirits or demons as main characters. Some people don't mind some of those elements. At that point its down to preference. Now, if games did influence people's behaviors then all bets would be off and there would be an objective, detectable, harm befalling society and you'd be right, we'd need to address this issue past the current "well that's just not my taste" situation. There are plenty of guys who believe and there are plenty of women asking questions as well. Please don't try and turn this into a gender war. To be fair I've only just now entered the conversation and the quotes I've dealt with so far have only been related to complaints women have had. I never said that this is just about women, I understand that there are other complaints by other people as well. [/QUOTE]

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