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Sexism in Table-Top Gaming: My Thoughts On It, and What We Can Do About It
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<blockquote data-quote="Salamandyr" data-source="post: 6203203" data-attributes="member: 40233"><p>There are so many problematic points made in the opening piece that I don't really know where to begin. But I guess the most egregious one to start out with is...</p><p></p><p>You have every right to decide what you like, are interested in, and what your boundaries are. You have <em>zero</em> right to decide what those boundaries are for other people. You call out Cthulhutech for having material you personally find objectionable. I'm with you that far. I get that it's a game you might not want to play. I've never played it myself either...I'm more of a heroic fantasy roleplayer than a horror roleplayer. </p><p></p><p>Where you go too far is your insistence that, because rape and sexual assaults are something <em>you</em> cannot handle comfortably in a game, that means that no one else should be able to deal with those in a game scenario either. Uh-uh. Flag on the play. Go back ten yards.</p><p></p><p>Really, think about this. You call them out for having a scenario where Nazis have a device for sexual torture. Keep in mind, that in real life, Nazis murdered <em>6 million people!</em> They tortured people, sexually and otherwise. And, you're talking about a game involving eldritch horrors that can literally make your brain explode!</p><p></p><p>Like I said, I personally prefer heroic games where the good guys (PC's) manage to stop the bad guys in the nick of time, so the really horrible stuff is only about to happen and never does. But that ain't any game with the word Cthulhu in the title. That's a clear signal that bad stuff is going to happen and your PC might make it out alive, but definitely not whole.</p><p></p><p>If you don't like that material (and it's not my cup of tea either) you are perfectly free not to buy it. That's the free market. If there aren't enough people who want that material, they'll quit making it. But if there are, you and I should have no right to stop them, or criticize them.</p><p></p><p>Not everything has to be for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salamandyr, post: 6203203, member: 40233"] There are so many problematic points made in the opening piece that I don't really know where to begin. But I guess the most egregious one to start out with is... You have every right to decide what you like, are interested in, and what your boundaries are. You have [I]zero[/I] right to decide what those boundaries are for other people. You call out Cthulhutech for having material you personally find objectionable. I'm with you that far. I get that it's a game you might not want to play. I've never played it myself either...I'm more of a heroic fantasy roleplayer than a horror roleplayer. Where you go too far is your insistence that, because rape and sexual assaults are something [I]you[/I] cannot handle comfortably in a game, that means that no one else should be able to deal with those in a game scenario either. Uh-uh. Flag on the play. Go back ten yards. Really, think about this. You call them out for having a scenario where Nazis have a device for sexual torture. Keep in mind, that in real life, Nazis murdered [I]6 million people![/I] They tortured people, sexually and otherwise. And, you're talking about a game involving eldritch horrors that can literally make your brain explode! Like I said, I personally prefer heroic games where the good guys (PC's) manage to stop the bad guys in the nick of time, so the really horrible stuff is only about to happen and never does. But that ain't any game with the word Cthulhu in the title. That's a clear signal that bad stuff is going to happen and your PC might make it out alive, but definitely not whole. If you don't like that material (and it's not my cup of tea either) you are perfectly free not to buy it. That's the free market. If there aren't enough people who want that material, they'll quit making it. But if there are, you and I should have no right to stop them, or criticize them. Not everything has to be for you. [/QUOTE]
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