Tropes vs. Women in Video Games

tv show

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18 total episodes

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2 seasons

First Aired March 07, 2013

Overview

Tropes vs. Women in Video Games aims to examine limiting, sexist patterns associated with female representations in games, and to illuminate how these patterns reinforce and perpetuate harmful attitudes about women in our culture.

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Strategic Butt Coverings

Season 2 - Episode 1 - 0h 0m

Air Date

January 19, 2016

Overview

This episode examines the ways in which designers often employ camera angles and clothing choices as tools to deliberately sexualize and objectify female protagonists of third-person games. To illustrate that this is no accident, we contrast the ways in which women’s butts are frequently emphasized with the great lengths often taken to avoid calling attention to the butts of male characters. We then present some examples of female-led third-person games that humanize rather than objectify their protagonists.