This Month in Misogyny: Exposed Minors, Hair-Pulling, and Advanced Elephantiasis

Three more reasons to hide your hobby from female friends and well-wishers.

By: Bob Mackey
February 23, 2012

Video games have a history of turning off women worldwide, and for good reason: like television and movies, gaming tends to embrace certain regressive ideals — though on a level unmatched by other forms of entertainment. As production costs escalate, you’d think developers would take a stab at inclusiveness, rather than alienating potential female customers with characters who will later be described by their “assets” in terrible Internet writing near you. But no, in the futuristic sounding year of 2012, gaming for women still exists in a segregated ghetto, while most of the industry is content to continue distributing the low-hanging fruit their audience loves.