Anita Break after this...

Anita Sarkeesian seems to be drawing a lot of hate and ire.  People are attacking her websites and disclosing personal information and all kinds of stuff.  For those that don't know Anita is a Feminist who is targeting video games saying that they portray women in negative ways.  Now I think she is full of it in just about everything she has to say and I am going to go into detail.  The link to her video that I am addressing is at the bottom of this post.

First off the bat she is a critic of pop culture-this is a major problem.  You can't be a feminist and give an objective criticism-you just can't.  Feminism from what I understand comes from a point of view that women are shafted (no pun intended) every which way by evil men and most feminists think that all men fall into this category.  I don't know how deep Anita's feminism runs but the fact that she thinks her gender is subjugated before she even knows what she is going to review makes her biased.

She believes that ALL female characters can be filed into 5 categories...this can be seen as more narrow minded thinking from Anita by some.  Five? Really?  Well first off categorizing anything means that you are not looking at something passed its surface.  Red Cars to the right Blue cars to the left doesnt matter if they are convertible, rear wheel drive, import, domestic etc.  Left and Right.  So we have five enormous categories Anita has made for us...nothing like letting one decide for themselves...So...Is she right?

1 Damsel in distress.  Most of us OGs conjure images of Princess peach
2 Fighting Fucktoy (as she calls it)
3 Sexy sidekick
4 Sexy Villain or "Villainess" which isnt even a real word but Anita uses it anyway
5 Women as background objects

Feminists have big problems with damsel in distress-they hate the idea that a woman might need to be rescued.  To a degree it's understandable.  How interesting would it be if Princess Peach was rescuing Mario this whole time?  In fact "This whole time" would probably mean a 2 game series.  But let's be honest most men are physically stronger, and faster than most women.  Nature selected us to be the protectors and equipped us as such.  That is a biological fact not some shit a man wants you to believe.  Forget the fact that the man must go through endless trials and tribulations and physical harm to rescue the girl HE isnt being exploited the girl waiting at the end is.  Hmm yeah.

Feminists hate the fighting fucktoy and this makes no sense.  Women are far sexier than men period.  They are graced and granted beauty that no man could ever hope for in this respect women are far superior to men.  Does Anita embrace this empowering attribute?  Well yeah-she wears make up in her videos and looks pretty nice for the camera I gotta say.  She knows the power of a woman's beauty and by virtue of looking nice in her videos she exploits it...thats fine or it would be fine if she wasnt a hypocrite about it.  She can look good for the camera but once Cammy comes out looking nice and showing some skin this is wrong only Anita can exploit beauty.  Now 99% of women's costumes in games make no sense and revolve around sexiness-yeah I agree.  But here's the thing:  Feminists overlook the sheer power of sexuality.  The fighting fucktoy...On the surface it's a woman in an outfit.  Underneath is a person who controls that sexuality and she can knock the crap out of anyone who reaches for her catsuit.  Feminists complain that they arent given power in games but Bayonetta, Cammy, and others are great examples of beautiful women you wouldn't dare mess with if they were real and they can beat the ever loving crap out of any man they encounter in their game.  Somehow Anita looks passed the power and beauty and sees only a stripper.

The sexy sidekick...uh I don't really know where this one is even coming from.  Does she mean the support role?  Like Mei Ling in MGS?  Ashley from RE4?  She was a chic in a skirt and sweatervest...yeah all the fratboys are talking about the sexiest sweatervests they've seen.   I dunno I can't think of any examples off the top of my head and you know I should be able to what with this being a full category and all...

Sexy Villain oh I mean "Villainess" we like to make up words when calling out the chauvinists.  Again I think Anita is failing to see sexuality as power.  Sex or sexiness is power when a sinister mind is in control.  It is yet another way to control or harm another if you are evil.  A sexy uh Villainess does something of this nature after all they are sinister.  I think Anita hates women being portrayed as villains more so than she hates the sexual connotations.

Women as background objects.  This is a common complaint from feminists.  A woman who stands in the background and says nothing is considered eye candy or something like that.  There are PLENTY of henchmen and minor characters in gaming that dont ever say a word and stand around all the time.  No one considers henchmen or 'extras' harmful.  Anyone care to elaborate on this one?  I sure as hell don't feel like wasting time here.

So let's look past all the things that makes these women what they are.  Heroic combat, rescue missions, self made billionaires man the list goes on.  There are some great back stories to women in gaming.  Nah screw all that positive stuff let's focus on how her blouse is low cut. That's the sign of a true review and intelligent fair mind.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day and sometimes Anita makes a point or two and then she ruins it by going completely overboard.  She mentions the lego games where if the firefighters show up they're men and if the food delivery shows up they're women.  Well first off Anita they're plastic fucking toys.  This is like painting boobs on a rock and saying it depicts women-that is schwachsinn.  Also she doesnt even put up the right graphic for a lego female when mentioning it in her video...kinda makes me think it doesn't happen the way she says/thinks it does...or that she doesn't research...or know much about games...but no it's more likely she knows what she is talking about but is stretching the truth and telling white lies that suit her needs.  The outfit this toy is wearing helps Anita...too bad it isn't a lego figure.

In all fairness Anita does talk briefly about games that don't have "harmful tropes".  Problem?  well it's stuff like portal and other games where there are no humans at all or very limited exposure for human characters.  This means she seeks out "harmful" stuff and sees it everywhere...because she wants to see it.

I think she is a joke but I don't care-let her make a fool of herself.  I mean it-please do not attack or harm her or her cause in any way.  She has every right to do this and she is no threat to gaming I promise.  If a moron like me can dismantle her argument so easily no developer will give her or any group she happens to form what she/they want.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8I0Wy58adM