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The relationship between women and video games has received extensive academic and media attention. Since the 1990s, [1] female gamers have commonly been regarded as a minority. However, industry surveys have shown that over time, the gender ratio has become closer to equal. Beginning mainly in the 2010s, women have been found to make up around ...
Gender stereotypes. Sexist video games often reinforce gender stereotypes by presenting gender-specific themes and activities. Games marketed exclusively to girls often involve fashion, make-up, caregiving, or relationship management, while games aimed at boys focus on action, sports, cars, and competition.
April 27, 2017. (2017-04-27) Tropes vs. Women in Video Games is a YouTube video series created by Anita Sarkeesian examining gender representation in video games. The series was financed via crowdfunding, and came to widespread attention when its Kickstarter campaign triggered a wave of online harassment against Sarkeesian, [2] causing her to ...
Mabel Addis - Wrote the mainframe game The Sumerian Game (1964), becoming the first female video game designer. [1]Tina Amini - IGN editor-in-chief. [2]Anna Anthropy - American video game designer who has worked on multiple indie games such as Mighty Jill Off and is the game designer in residence at the DePaul University College of Computing and Digital Media.
Media critic Anita Sarkeesian drew attention to sexism in video gaming with her video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games. Sexism in video gaming is prejudiced behavior or discrimination based on sex or gender as experienced by people who play and create video games, primarily women. This may manifest as sexual harassment or in the way ...
Callie and Marie. Cammy. Max Caulfield. Rebecca Chambers. Julia Chang. Michelle Chang (Tekken) Charlotte (Trials of Mana) Chell (Portal) Alex Chen.
Anita Sarkeesian (/ sɑːrˈkiːziən / sar-KEE-zee-ən; born 1983) is a Canadian-American feminist media critic. She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture. Her video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, examines tropes in the depiction of female ...
Brenda Louise Romero (née Garno; born October 12, 1966), previously known as Brenda Brathwaite, is an American game designer and developer in the video game industry.She was born in Ogdensburg, New York and is a graduate of Clarkson University.