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Can the Great American Pinball banner please be chan- NOPE!

By mystman12

2 years ago


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    #142 2 years ago

    Misogyny in pinball and video games will continue to exist as long as this sells more product than product without the built in misogyny does. And lets be honest, there is built in misogyny here whether we consider it "harmless fun" or not, whether we are offended by it or not. Given the demographic of consumers for both enterprises continues to heavily skew male, I don't think it will likely change anytime soon. Doesn't mean it shouldn't. Doesn't mean that one couldn't increase the overall number of pin/video game players if we had any focus on the missing 50% of the demographic. But it won't change for now. And honestly any heavy handed approach to do so with bans or otherwise is unlikely to accomplish this objective. Societal norms change slowly over time. Not defending them, not arguing for status quo. Just stating it is highly likely a lot of this will be phased out naturally over time as the audience to consume it diminishes. Remember 50 years ago caricatures of different ethnicities on our games was also considered “harmless fun”. One doesn’t have to be a “prude” to recognize the parallels here, especially if one is female.

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