In the study of about 1,400 US youths, 47% of middle-school boys and 61% of high school boys agreed that women are treated as sex objects too often in games.
The findings, gathered by education consultant Rosalind Wiseman and games writer Ashley Burch, counter familiar assumptions that boys will voraciously consume media images of scantily clad women without a second thought.
For many years in the mainstream games industry, there has been an apparent assumption that the male teen demographic was the only one that mattered. Much of the time this meant beefy male protagonists (to identify with – or aspire to) and sexualised women (too gaze at or rescue).
The survey questions and methodology used are not disclosed in the article.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 12 2015, @01:13AM
One of my friends was watching TV, once. This attractive woman came on TV, wearing not a lot, and his partner went crazy about the objectification of women. "Disgusting," she called it.
A few days later, they were watching Casino Royale when Daniel Craig popped out of the ocean, muscles all bulging and manly. She suddenly said "Wow, he's a bit woof!"
Apparently, that wasn't sexist because men do it to women when they shouldn't, and other confusing statements.