thread: 2006-08-16 : GenCon 06 observations 1-4
On 2006-08-17, Tris wrote:
I wish I'd been there :-( Damn that Ocean!
What Ron said Re gender issues in gaming was teh awesome.
Men have cocks. This should not surprise you. Women have boobies. This also should not come as a shock. Humans are sexual creatures. If you are young enough that this is a revelation, I apologise for saying "cock" earlier.
Depicting sexual humans with cocks or boobies doesn't seem like a big deal to me. The problem is that one gender is mostly depicted as object, and the other mostly as character.
But also:
In my ideal world, we'd have heroes, villains, sex objects, monsters, villagers...of both sexes (and all races, sexual orientations etc etc) No discrimination. If I want a poster of a rampant gay centaur on my wall, that's my look out.
BUT
In real life, at a roleplaying convention attended by a lot of teenage boys, professional artists would produce lots of chainmail bikini porn. Because that's what they'd sell. (and then where would I find my homosexual horse-men? :-)
Is that okay then? I don't think it is...but how to avoid it?
