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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.10,0:00:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Amazing.”\N“My god, look at that.”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.73,0:00:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Good night nurse!”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.43,0:00:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Ooh! That’s definitely stimulating my economy.”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.07,0:00:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the late 90s, developer Rare wanted to replicate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.82,0:00:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the success of their landmark 1997 shooter GoldenEye,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.73,0:00:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but didn’t want to make another James Bond game.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.30,0:00:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead they began work on a science fiction spy thriller
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.12,0:00:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Perfect Dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.56,0:00:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the game’s star,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.86,0:00:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wanted to create a striking new type of special agent
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.77,0:00:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wouldn’t just live in James Bond’s shadow,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.84,0:00:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they drew inspiration from figures
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.60,0:00:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ranging from Joan of Arc to The X-Files’ Dana Scully.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.05,0:00:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her name was Joanna Dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.33,0:00:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few years earlier, Eidos Interactive’s Lara Croft
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.17,0:00:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had rapidly become one of the most famous
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.09,0:00:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recognizable game characters of all time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.43,0:01:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it was reasonable to think that an action game
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.52,0:01:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a female protagonist could be a smash hit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.15,0:01:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alas, Joanna Dark never reached quite the levels
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.53,0:01:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of fame occupied by Lara Croft,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.28,0:01:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Perfect Dark was still a big success.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.53,0:01:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let’s take a look at a commercial for the game:\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.59,0:01:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Welcome to 2023.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.93,0:01:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big businesses now merge with alien nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.88,0:01:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An ancient war is being fought under the sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.96,0:01:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The president is about to be cloned
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.61,0:01:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s your job to try and save the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.68,0:01:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you’ve got an important decision to make:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.02,0:01:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you going to wear to work?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.01,0:01:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the team you brought you GoldenEye for N64,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.07,0:01:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meet special agent Joanna Dark in Perfect Dark,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.78,0:01:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you’ll find out that the only person man enough
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.97,0:02:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to handle a job like this..
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.99,0:02:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a woman.”\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.70,0:02:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine an ad exactly like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.52,0:02:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only with Marcus Fenix or Master Chief,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.55,0:02:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting out of bed naked,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.14,0:02:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking a sexy slow-motion shower,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.05,0:02:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting on his sexy underwear,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.36,0:02:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the narrator saying
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.65,0:02:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has an important decision to make:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.10,0:02:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is he going to wear to work? \N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.02,0:02:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Welcome to 2016.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.78,0:02:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s a war out there...somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.81,0:02:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’re not sure where, exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.12,0:02:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, the important thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.08,0:02:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’re Special Agent Jake Grimshadow.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.35,0:02:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s your job to save the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.36,0:02:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only question is: What are you going to wear?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.70,0:02:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,…. WAIT... WHAT??
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.49,0:02:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A commercial like that would never happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.02,0:02:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor should it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.22,0:02:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Joanna is treated differently
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.85,0:02:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than her male counterparts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.13,0:02:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.59,0:02:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, as a result, you rarely see her in the game itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.50,0:02:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by focusing on her getting dressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.60,0:03:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this ad encouraged players to think of Joanna’s appeal
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.81,0:03:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being rooted in her sexual desirability
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.85,0:03:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than her skill as a special agent. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.98,0:03:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A character’s clothing is one of the first things we notice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.86,0:03:09.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s an important part of our first impression
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.100,0:03:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of who that character is, and as such,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.19,0:03:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s a way for designers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.77,0:03:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to immediately communicate to players
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.34,0:03:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is most important and noteworthy about them. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.48,0:03:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Female heroes in video games might be special agents
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.24,0:03:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or soldiers or treasure hunters by trade.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.48,0:03:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They often find themselves in dangerous,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.52,0:03:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physically demanding situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.22,0:03:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting off bad guys and saving the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.05,0:03:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are typically performing activities that call for
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.38,0:03:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practical or protective clothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.53,0:03:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we look at the types of outfits
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.06,0:03:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that female characters are made to wear,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.21,0:03:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can see that they are often
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.92,0:03:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both sexualized and completely absurd. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.83,0:03:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ivy from the Soulcalibur games is a bold warrior
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.69,0:03:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who finds herself in battles
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.14,0:03:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where sharp, deadly weapons are being used
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.06,0:03:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and protective armor would be a must,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.62,0:03:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the clothing she wears--or lack thereof-
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.50,0:03:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-is not exactly intended to keep her safe.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.20,0:03:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cammy from the Street Fighter series
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.44,0:03:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a British special forces operative
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.64,0:03:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose thong leotard does a better job
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.48,0:03:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of calling attention to her butt
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.75,0:04:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than of offering any kind of protection. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.02,0:04:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jessica Sherawat from Resident Evil: Revelations
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.16,0:04:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a member of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.56,0:04:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and regularly faces deadly infected mutants in combat,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.62,0:04:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but her outfits appear to be designed for...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.64,0:04:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, I don’t even know.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.53,0:04:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is just a small fraction of the vast number
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.12,0:04:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of female characters who are forced into
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.63,0:04:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impractical and objectifying clothing while in dangerous situations.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.24,0:04:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“You’ll learn respect!”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.21,0:04:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“You’re a fool to come back here.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.10,0:04:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“All right, let’s begin!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.87,0:04:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“And instead of donning a shirt plate,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.11,0:04:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you dash into battle, shirt open, navel and…
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.75,0:04:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatnot exposed!”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.48,0:04:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because clothing can shape our first impressions of a character
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.45,0:04:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has a tremendous influence
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.44,0:04:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our sense of who they are
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.19,0:04:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time they are on screen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.24,0:04:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexualized outfits can contribute to what’s called
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.18,0:04:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hyper-sexualization of female characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.08,0:04:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hyper-sexualization in the media occurs
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.61,0:05:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a character is designed to be valued primarily
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.34,0:05:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their sexual characteristics or behaviors.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.88,0:05:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In hypersexualized characters, these attributes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.76,0:05:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are highlighted above all else
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.42,0:05:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made the center of attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.22,0:05:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while everything else about the character is made secondary. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.94,0:05:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Games and other media often work
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.55,0:05:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to frame this sexualization as a positive thing for women.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.80,0:05:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They blur the distinction between female sexualization
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.32,0:05:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and female power, and as a result,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.91,0:05:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexualized female characters are sometimes celebrated
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.38,0:05:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for being perceived as “owning” their sexuality
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.39,0:05:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that is empowering.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.98,0:05:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it isn’t actually empowering
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.10,0:05:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the sexuality these characters exude
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.14,0:05:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is manufactured for, and presented as existing for,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.53,0:05:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the presumed straight male player.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.88,0:05:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bayonetta is a quintessential example of such a character.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.77,0:05:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the camera caresses her body
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.85,0:05:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it does in the opening scene of Bayonetta 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.89,0:05:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,establishing the player’s relationship with the character,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.54,0:05:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she is frozen in time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.08,0:05:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the passive object of the male gaze.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.87,0:05:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The camera is putting her and Jeanne
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.07,0:06:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on display for the player,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.54,0:06:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breaking them down into what the game
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.03,0:06:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is communicating is most important about them:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.77,0:06:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their sexualized parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.49,0:06:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when Bayonetta starts moving,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.03,0:06:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s the player who has the power
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.31,0:06:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to control her sexuality as a weapon throughout the game,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.62,0:06:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both literally and figuratively.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.52,0:06:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has an assortment of special moves
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.49,0:06:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called “torture attacks” which involve devices
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.64,0:06:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meant to suggest BDSM and that look like something
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.12,0:06:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might expect to see
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.94,0:06:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an exaggerated stereotype of a sex dungeon.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.15,0:06:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these sexualized moves
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.33,0:06:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have nothing to do with sex:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.90,0:06:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just obliterate her enemies.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.71,0:06:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a number of her attacks literally leave her naked,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.02,0:06:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, you see, she’s attacking the enemies
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.55,0:06:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with her hair and her hair is also her clothing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.82,0:06:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when she’s using her hair to attack her enemies
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.83,0:06:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can’t be covering her body and…
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.61,0:06:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In these ways, the game deliberately links
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.26,0:06:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bayonetta’s sexuality to power,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.38,0:06:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,selling a version of sexual objectification
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.15,0:06:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we’re all supposed to feel good about
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.56,0:06:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find “empowering.”
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.24,0:06:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every aspect of Bayonetta’s existence,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.05,0:06:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the way the camera is magnetically drawn
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.37,0:06:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to her sexualized body parts
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.16,0:07:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the pole dance reward for completing the game,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.09,0:07:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is expertly designed to be sexually affirming
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.78,0:07:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and satisfying for a presumed straight male audience.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.44,0:07:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it seems like I’m frequently repeating the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.43,0:07:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the player is presumed to be a straight male,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.42,0:07:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s because it’s vital to remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.29,0:07:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This presumption influences and shapes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.31,0:07:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many creative decisions that are made
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.08,0:07:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the development of many games.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.94,0:07:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Let’s see, target market - mostly male,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.49,0:07:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,18-24 years old, interests - senseless violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.22,0:07:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high tech weaponry, pain, humiliation…
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.02,0:07:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hey! Maybe this’ll do the trick.”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.16,0:07:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, characters like Bayonetta are a fictional fantasy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.82,0:07:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in reality, we exist in a culture where women are often valued
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.28,0:07:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,primarily for their sexual desirability to men.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.11,0:07:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while characters like these are incredibly powerful in the physical sense
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.80,0:07:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to slay entire armies and bring down gods,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.71,0:07:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there’s nothing empowering about the fact that they are sexually objectified.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.19,0:07:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, this connection between objectification
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.46,0:07:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and empowerment is extremely damaging.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.50,0:07:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s harmful to women because rather than
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.27,0:07:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asserting that women have intrinsic value as people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.39,0:07:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it communicates that the kind of power available
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.64,0:08:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to women comes from men finding them desirable.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.67,0:08:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s damaging to men because it suggests
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.32,0:08:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that women who are liberated and empowered
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.44,0:08:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are also women whose sexuality is always available to men.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.65,0:08:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we conflate the sexualization of women
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.04,0:08:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with power for women,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.54,0:08:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we internalize this harmful myth
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.51,0:08:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and begin to think sexualization is the only way
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.94,0:08:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to achieve gender equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.74,0:08:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the truth is that sexualization doesn’t actually
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.67,0:08:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bring us any closer to equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.62,0:08:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her book Enlightened Sexism,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.60,0:08:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Susan J. Douglas sums up the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.15,0:08:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,”Under the guise of escapism and pleasure,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.61,0:08:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are getting images of imagined power that mask,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.35,0:08:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even erase, how much still remains to be done
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.62,0:08:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for girls and women,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.32,0:08:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,images that make sexism seem fine, even fun,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.71,0:08:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and insist that feminism is now utterly pointless--
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.52,0:08:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even bad for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.00,0:08:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True power here has nothing to do with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.22,0:08:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economic independence or professional achievement:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.27,0:08:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has to do with getting men to lust after you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.65,0:08:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other women to envy you.”
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.05,0:08:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some gaming fans have come up with all sorts of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.14,0:08:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ridiculous defenses for the sexualized costumes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.20,0:08:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,female characters are often made to wear,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.21,0:09:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the idea that they dress in these outfits as a tactic
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.69,0:09:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help them distract their male opponents.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.73,0:09:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s not unheard of for developers
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.50,0:09:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sometimes rely on this harmful logic, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.84,0:09:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The superintelligent AI companion Cortana
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.23,0:09:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Halo franchise
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.28,0:09:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has always been depicted as naked,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.37,0:09:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when asked about why this is,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.89,0:09:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,franchise director Frank O’Connor said,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.07,0:09:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"One of the reasons she does it is to attract and demand attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.33,0:09:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she does it to put people off so they’re on their guard
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.86,0:09:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they’re talking to her
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.65,0:09:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that she has the upper hand in those conversations.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.94,0:09:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s kind of almost like the opposite of that nightmare
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.67,0:09:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have where you go to school in the nude,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.43,0:09:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you’re terrified and embarrassed.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.06,0:09:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She’s kind of projecting that back out to her audience
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.11,0:09:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and winning intellectual points as a result." \N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.61,0:09:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NMeanwhile, male AIs in the Halo universe do wear clothing;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.48,0:09:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea of them trying to “win intellectual points”
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.96,0:09:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by walking around naked is ridiculous.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.74,0:09:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we rarely question
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.32,0:09:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the extremely widespread association
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.50,0:09:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sexualization and power\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.28,0:09:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it’s applied to female characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.25,0:09:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually, the games themselves don’t go into much detail
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.07,0:09:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to explain or justify why
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.50,0:09:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,female characters are sexualized.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.19,0:10:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Players are simply meant to unquestioningly accept
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.71,0:10:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the impractical outfits these characters are wearing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.13,0:10:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, however, as in the case of Quiet
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.54,0:10:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.67,0:10:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,developers build convoluted and absurd tales
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.41,0:10:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a character’s past into the game
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.27,0:10:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an attempt to justify their blatant sexualization.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.33,0:10:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“She, uh, refuses to wear clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.49,0:10:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last staff member who tried to dress her -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.61,0:10:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breathing through tubes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.42,0:10:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other than that, she’s completely cooperative.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.03,0:10:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She understands English, she never speaks, sweats, or breathes.” \N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.73,0:10:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“What?”
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.01,0:10:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Well, not with lungs at least.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.80,0:10:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She breathes through her skin.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.02,0:10:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clothing would suffocate her.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.46,0:11:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Showers are okay, but she can’t be submerged.”
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.26,0:11:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“What’s wrong with her?”
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.12,0:11:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“She’s drinking. Through her skin.”
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.51,0:11:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you see, she can’t wear clothing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.03,0:11:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she breathes through her skin!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.08,0:11:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These ludicrous narrative justifications don’t “make it okay.”
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.61,0:11:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regardless of whatever absurd explanation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.39,0:11:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a game might provide,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.97,0:11:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it should go without saying that
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.38,0:11:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only real functionality of outfits like this is to
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.71,0:11:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,titillate the presumed young straight male player base.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.48,0:11:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out of all the arguments that are tossed out
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.90,0:11:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to defend the impractical and objectifying
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.71,0:11:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clothing that women are made to wear in games,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.87,0:11:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is one in particular that I hear the most often
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.92,0:11:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is perhaps the most pernicious.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.04,0:11:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That argument is:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.49,0:11:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Maybe that’s what she wants to wear!”
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.32,0:11:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is ridiculous.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.61,0:11:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These women are fictional constructs.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.42,0:11:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that they don’t dress themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.72,0:11:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or pick out their own clothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.31,0:11:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can’t believe I have to say this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.32,0:11:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these visual designs are deliberate choices
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.78,0:12:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made by the developers,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.11,0:12:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they serve a specific purpose:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.87,0:12:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they communicate to straight male players
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.92,0:12:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these characters exist primarily as sex objects
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.15,0:12:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be consumed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.68,0:12:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In doing so, they also reinforce the larger notion
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.70,0:12:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our culture that the value of real human women
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.74,0:12:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is determined largely by their sexual desirability to men.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.19,0:12:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s not hard to imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.94,0:12:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what more practical clothing options
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.22,0:12:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might look like for some of these characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.21,0:12:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you’re having a hard time envisioning that,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.40,0:12:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will let you in on a little secret:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.66,0:12:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those of you who aren’t familiar,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.67,0:12:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is this thing called a sports bra.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.62,0:12:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sports bras are designed to keep breasts held in place
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.91,0:12:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to better facilitate athletic activities.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.46,0:12:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, they are used
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.22,0:12:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prevent “jiggle physics” in real life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.35,0:12:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the real world, there are many female
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.19,0:12:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,martial artists, athletes, and women in combat roles
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.67,0:12:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that developers could use as inspiration
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.25,0:12:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when designing and dressing their female characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.15,0:12:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s important to note that the amount of skin shown
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.44,0:12:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not the crux of the problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.16,0:12:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many female athletes wear minimal form-fitting clothing
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.69,0:12:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it’s more conducive to their activities.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.74,0:13:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, their outfits are not designed
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.52,0:13:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the primary goal of sexualizing the athletes
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.86,0:13:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the benefit of spectators.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.65,0:13:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem of female characters wearing impractical,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.02,0:13:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexualized and objectifying attire and being
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.52,0:13:11.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put on display for players is not a difficult one to solve,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.100,0:13:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and developers already know how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.01,0:13:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even many fighting games that have
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.94,0:13:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,several sexualized female characters on the roster
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.09,0:13:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often have one female option who is in more practical attire.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.48,0:13:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Dark Souls games are generally pretty good
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.63,0:13:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about not making armor appear significantly different
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.81,0:13:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on female characters than it does on male characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.33,0:13:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Natural Selection 2 and XCOM also have
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.85,0:13:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,examples of women in practical armor.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.48,0:13:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Assassin’s Creed Syndicate put female
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.01,0:13:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gang members in outfits very similar
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.37,0:13:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those worn by the male gang members.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.49,0:13:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of this is to say that characters in games
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.94,0:13:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should never be sexual; far from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.21,0:13:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sexuality and sexualization are very different things. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.48,0:13:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sexualization of female characters is about
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.31,0:13:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designing them, dressing them or framing them
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.64,0:13:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways that are specifically intended to be
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.02,0:14:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexually appealing to presumed male viewers or players.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.55,0:14:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women’s sexuality, on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.23,0:14:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exists for themselves, and for those
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.01,0:14:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they care to consensually share it with.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.11,0:14:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sexuality can be expressed or experienced
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.72,0:14:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in any kind of attire.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.51,0:14:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Come here lover boy!”
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.71,0:14:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, examples in games of female characters
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.38,0:14:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expressing sexual desire in ways that aren’t sexualized
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.76,0:14:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are exceedingly rare.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.62,0:14:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These next few examples aren’t great depictions
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.14,0:14:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we’re talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.16,0:14:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’re just some of the only examples that exist at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.36,0:14:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which serves to illustrate how rare it is
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.25,0:14:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for female sexuality in games to be presented in ways
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.59,0:14:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are humanizing rather than sexualizing.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.18,0:14:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Last of Us: Left Behind features female characters
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.40,0:14:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who express romantic feelings for each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.93,0:14:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than exuding a sexualized energy
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.04,0:14:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is directed outward at the player.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.84,0:14:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“What do we do now?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.07,0:14:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“We’ll figure it out.”
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.46,0:14:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Firewatch, though it’s only heard and not seen
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.70,0:14:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Delilah expresses sexual desire for the player character, Henry. \N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.79,0:15:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I wish I was over there.”
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.37,0:15:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I wish you were too.”
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.02,0:15:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“We could sit outside, we could talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.15,0:15:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without these radios. We could, um, you know.”
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.86,0:15:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These moments aren’t presented
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.39,0:15:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as titillating morsels of sexuality for players.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.93,0:15:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, they function as expressions
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.50,0:15:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the characters’ sexuality that deepen our investment
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.21,0:15:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the characters and their relationships to each other. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.27,0:15:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To clarify, the act of sex isn’t the problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.84,0:15:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather how its presented.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.53,0:15:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’d love to see great representations
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.66,0:15:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of healthy, consensual sex in games.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.45,0:15:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sadly, when consensual sex does occur,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.36,0:15:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s often presented as a transaction
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.66,0:15:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as a reward for player accomplishment.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.66,0:15:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether that accomplishment is completing quests
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.14,0:15:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just choosing all the right dialogue options
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.93,0:15:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get the sex cutscene to play.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.78,0:15:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When fictional female characters in games are dressed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.20,0:15:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in impractical armor or clothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.76,0:15:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it encourages players to view them as sex objects,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.49,0:15:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reinforces the already pervasive and harmful notion
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.57,0:16:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our culture that sexualization is the most viable
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.05,0:16:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or only real route to power for women.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.09,0:16:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By contrast, when those characters are dressed
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.54,0:16:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in clothing that is truly practical and functional
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.25,0:16:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the work that they are doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.79,0:16:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when they express sexuality and sexual desire
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.09,0:16:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways that aren’t served up as sexualized treats
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.39,0:16:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed primarily for straight male players
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.51,0:16:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to consume and enjoy,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.88,0:16:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it encourages players of all genders
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.98,0:16:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to view those characters as sexual objects
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.36,0:16:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to be invested in them as people.