Women 's battle for equal representation has caused the entertainment market to include more females in its productions, only to reduce them to the lowest common dominator of a sex object, reinforcing gender oppression and rape culture. Rape culture has spread globally, deeming rape as a socially acceptable activity, alongside spawning new theories such as rape myths. Societies that internalize rape myths are hostile towards rape victims based on false beliefs of rape, most of which are portrayed in the media (Payne et al.1999. 28). From the late 90 's to present years there 's been a 60% increase in the images that present women as submissive and sexualized objects (Sullivan & O 'Connor.1988). In relation, men who are surrounded by degrading
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Popular excuses such as, "she asked for it", "he didn 't mean it", or the most popular one in a college setting, "she 's wasted" all enforce rape culture and rape myths by shoving the blame from the perpetrator to the victim. It 's alarming to know that 1 in 4 men have committed a sexual crime and that 1 in 3 men would rape if they knew there were no consequences (White Feather.2013). Alongside 70% of rapist in a UN survey said they committed rape because of sexual entitlement (White Feather.2013). Sexual entitlement is another part of rape culture that interconnects with rape myths as men are taught at a young age, if not by their peers then by the media, that women exist solely for their …show more content…
Video games are relatively a new form of media that have one of the highest rates of sexualizing female characters to cater to the male demographic. Even though women make up 40% of the gaming audience, including myself, they 're frequently ignored by gaming corporations and threaten/harassed by male gamers. Feminist gamers such as, Anita Sarkessian, are sent numerous rape, death, and bomb threats on the internet for simply speaking out on the victimization of women in games (Valenti.2015). Of course, the majority accept this behavior in the gaming community as normal because male gamers have an entitlement over their scantily dressed women characters. With rape being the most pervasive violence and top 10 causes of death against women, it 's baffling to see society so quick to normalize it (Stankiwicz et al.2008.589). This on itself is rape culture, and it won 't be going away anytime soon if the representation of women remains the
Popular excuses such as, "she asked for it", "he didn 't mean it", or the most popular one in a college setting, "she 's wasted" all enforce rape culture and rape myths by shoving the blame from the perpetrator to the victim. It 's alarming to know that 1 in 4 men have committed a sexual crime and that 1 in 3 men would rape if they knew there were no consequences (White Feather.2013). Alongside 70% of rapist in a UN survey said they committed rape because of sexual entitlement (White Feather.2013). Sexual entitlement is another part of rape culture that interconnects with rape myths as men are taught at a young age, if not by their peers then by the media, that women exist solely for their …show more content…
Video games are relatively a new form of media that have one of the highest rates of sexualizing female characters to cater to the male demographic. Even though women make up 40% of the gaming audience, including myself, they 're frequently ignored by gaming corporations and threaten/harassed by male gamers. Feminist gamers such as, Anita Sarkessian, are sent numerous rape, death, and bomb threats on the internet for simply speaking out on the victimization of women in games (Valenti.2015). Of course, the majority accept this behavior in the gaming community as normal because male gamers have an entitlement over their scantily dressed women characters. With rape being the most pervasive violence and top 10 causes of death against women, it 's baffling to see society so quick to normalize it (Stankiwicz et al.2008.589). This on itself is rape culture, and it won 't be going away anytime soon if the representation of women remains the