Tropes vs. Women in Video Games S2E5 - All the Slender Ladies: Body Diversity in Video Games
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games S2E5 - All the Slender Ladies: Body Diversity in Video Games
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This episode examines the very limited range of female body types commonly seen in games, contrasting this with the much wider range of physiques that male characters frequently possess. We then illustrates that, when female characters appear who do have a body type that is notably different from the slender physique that games establish as the standard, these bodies are sometimes presented as a joke, or as a twisted transgression of social standards and expectations. We examine how this limited range extends to the age of female characters as well, before highlighting a few examples of games that have positive representations of women with different body types and women who are older.
Released Mar 07, 2013
Runtime min
Genre Documentary, Talk
Actor Anita Sarkeesian
Director Anita Sarkeesian
Production Feminist Frequency