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Many early female video game characters (such as Ms. Pac-Man) are identical to an existing male character, except for a visual marker of their femininity, such as pink bows, lipstick and long eyelashes. [72] [73] Female video game characters have been criticized as having a tendency to be objects of the "male gaze". [74]
In 2009, Sarkeesian started her website Feminist Frequency with the intention of creating feminist media criticism accessible to the younger generation. [3] In 2011 she collaborated with the feminist magazine Bitch to create a YouTube video series for her site titled "Tropes vs. Women", which examined tropes in film, television and other popular media that she believes reinforce damaging ...
Pages in category "Female characters in video games" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 256 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The backlash began in the mid-2010s, following a surge of feminist activism. During this time, women took to the streets in protest at sexual violence and the widespread use of hidden cameras that ...
Anita Sarkeesian (/ s ɑːr ˈ k iː z i ə n / 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.
The following is a list of female action heroes and villains who appear in action films, television shows, comic books, and video games and who are "thrust into a series of challenges requiring physical feats, extended fights, extensive stunts and frenetic chases." [1]
Somers, now 74, who was a fan favorite for five seasons, calls herself the “first feminist” to request to be paid commensurate to her male co-stars. “All the men were being paid 10 to 15 ...
How to Win Video Games estimated that men were 95% of Defender and 90% of Omega Race players, while women were half the players of Centipede, Donkey Kong, and three other games. [63] In 1983, researcher John W. Trinkaus published findings that there were 8 male players to every 3 female players in video game arcades. [66] [67]