Gals and Gaming: Side Quest

For the side quest, “Gals and Gaming”, I watched the video titled “Ms. Male Character-Tropes VS Women in Video Games”. Many points were brought up about how the women in the video games mentioned such as Super Mario World and Donkey Kong were just female versions of the male main character. They only way to identify the fact they were women was their attire and/or personality, as well as their relation to the main character. The claims made in the video were hard for me to agree with. I don’t believe that there is anything wrong with having female versions of the male character. This allows the game to represent the relationship between characters, as well as provide a companion for the original character. The argument she is trying to make is inherently flawed due to the belief that the gender binary is a non-accurate description of society. All of society is either a man or a woman, however there are men who are more feminine, and there are women who are more masculine. This does not change the fact that they are a man or a woman. The video games use the stereotypical masculine man and feminine woman to appeal to the large majority of society. The creators do not do this to undermine women; they do this purely for sales. Another point she brought up was about the creation story of Adam and Eve. She claimed that it was a myth, and that goes directly against my religious beliefs. Also, she claimed that the story was sexist because it explains that Eve was a derivative of Adam, the man. This is simply how God created the world. It does not mean that women are worth any less than men, it means that man and women are one in marriage. This is what many video games try to express with the female versions of the male characters; it is not to undermine women, but to provide companionship within the video game.