Tasha

Wow, Thanks Cygnia for all of the articles. I thought I had found a new one to share and you posted it days ago LOL.

Sexual Harassment in Comics: The Tipping Point
 

I think her bit on Princess Peach kind of loses its steam after Peach became a playable character. 
Similarly, however, the critique of her Critiques missed her point about Peach ENTIRELY. 
 
Her point was that the Princess needing to be rescued was an issue.
They said, hello! She's a PRINCESS! How awesome is that?
 
So...yeah. Still a long conversation ahead of us. 

Nerds and Male Privilege: Tess Fowler and Comic Harassment
 

Hyper Mode: Anita Sarkeesian vs. the World II 

Why defensive videogame fanbases display the exact same sensitivity they claim to abhorThere are several elements of predictable crowd behaviour when it comes to the highly anticipated launches of huge-budget videogames. First, the game is liable to receive generally high reviews, with minor variations among outlets. Second, the outliers on that narrow range will be subject to scrutiny – the perfect score must have been ‘bought by PR’, while the ‘half-point lower than the median’ score is a travesty whose text Internet commentators must analyse line by line to unveil certain discrepancy and conspiracy.
Beyond that, there are other certain triggers: if the outlying review score is written by a woman, the proportionate fervour increases. If the woman dislikes some element of the game readers can correlate to her gender – the portrayal of female characters in the game, to use an obvious example – that objection will become shorthand for her entire opinion, even if the review is generally good.
A release the size of Grand Theft Auto V is the perfect showcase for this reliable crowd behaviour, and the gaming community met its launch exactly as expected. Carolyn Petit’s disappointment with some of the game’s misogyny only moderately affected her highly scored Gamespot review, but attracted close to 20,000 comments, most of them outraged, some even abusive. Readers were so eager to disprove misogyny, or censure any complaint thereof, that they surely committed it.

Re: Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities
 

 
Thanks for the link.
 
I think it makes my point about doing all of the right things and getting attacked anyways (ie Opportunistic Rape)

 
Damn, the more I read the article the more chilling it becomes.
 
Again, I agree that women should know how to defend themselves. Everyone should know the basics, heck it should probably be taught in Phys ED in the Senior year of High School.
 
I also don't see the harm in instilling in our male children that it is not ok to force a women to have sex or to "take advantage" of an incapacitated woman. Perhaps it will help prevent more opportunistic rapes (ie Date Rapes). Yeah, it won't have much effect on those who are "evil", but who knows. It may not work, but again it definitely wont work if it isn't tried.
 
perhaps we can get back to talking about Sexism in general.

[h=1]Where to Report Sexist Gamer Dudes[/h] http://tinyurl.com/k9x6nlh

Worth watching. She makes some valid points.
 

Re: Musings on Random Musings
 
Wow, this thread has been going since Feb 2003!
 
Hey guys long time no see
 
Tasha