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Discussion (2) SOC 105 Week 2 Society and the Media
Do Video Games Encourage Sexist Behavior? Please respond to the following:
- Discuss one or two conflicting issues involving the view that video games encourage sexist behavior.
- Debate It – Take a position on this statement: Violent video games encourage sexist behavior in adolescent and adult men. Support your views with two or three reasons and / or examples. (Cite any sources you referenced.)
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Video Games and Sexism
First, most video games contain a lot of sexist content. Gaming encourages most people
to have stereotypical and sexist sentiments about a particular sex especially women. The main
issue is the stereotypical portrayal of women in most video games. For instance, most video
games portray women using exaggerated features especially their behinds and breasts from an
unrealistic point of view. A study by Malkowski et al., (2017) indicates that it is possible for
video game players to lack empathy. As such, they fail to empathize with female stereot...