^^^what he said

Sexualization isn't a gender exclusive thing, Verb. Ever played God of War? Uncharted? Pretty much any game with a gruff male protagonist? We like sex, and showing off some skin (in male and female characters) is a non-issue.

Now, how they're written is another whole story, a point that actually has some merits. Most females fall into the empathetic caretaker or masculine "I don't need no man" stereotypes. That's what we should be trying to fix. Not this put everyone into a winter coat so there's no chance that we might find them sexually attractive nonsense.

I know sexualization isn't gender exclusive, and I've expressed that in the past (and in this very thread). I still think it's an issue. Just because we like sex doesn't mean we have to exploit it in media.

So, Thunderf00t the fucking idiot (YouTube famous for his "Why do people laugh at creationists" series) made a shitty response video to Anita, so I'll be refuting everything he says here, because it pissed me off just a little bit.

If you thought that Hitman: Absolution showboated Anita Sarkeesian's willingness to make up almost any bullshit just to push an agenda, then you ain't seen nothin' yet.

Really some crazy hyperbole there. I thought that video was pretty bad on Anita's part, and it completely failed to demonstrate her point. Everyone knows this, but if you're honestly going to conflate that flub of a video with this particularly reasonable one at the very beginning of your godawful response, I don't really think you'll have much to say herein.

So now, she's got up this video of what she thinks is a "positive" female character. What a feminist character should look like. Jade, from the game Beyond Good & Evil. And yeah, it's a game for children! With no adult themes whatsoever.

...Who cares? Why bother even mentioning that? What a petty jab.

Cut-priced Lara Croft here, you know, the one with the skintight pink top hugging Jade's normatively beautiful body, and revealing that fantastic pancake-flat midriff? And, of course, her cargo pants, which are just hipster short enough to reveal that Jade is wearing pink panties. All of which Anita has previously told us are "gender signifiers" that degrade women and turn them into mere sex objects.

Which she mentioned in her video. You fucking idiot. It's not like she gave her a free pass on her design. She only mentioned it in passing, sure, because the video was supposed to be about her positives alone. But no character is going to be perfect--not just for Anita, but for everyone. That's kinda how it works.

Thunderf00t then takes a clip of Anita talking about how in the game, character development is built into the narrative in a way that isn't violent, which to her, is a good thing. I wasn't totally on her side there--I don't really think violence is necessarily a bad thing, but at the same time, I can honestly see how someone would dislike the generic "badass" female archetype. So how does Thunderf00t refute it?

...By cherrypicking scenes from the game where there is indeed violence. Wonderful. As if that's really supposed to undermine her general point.

But that was it. That's all he had, pretty much.
Absolutely pathetic.

And yeah, I did post this as a comment on his video, not that he'll ever bother to read it, let alone respond.
Thunderf00t sucks.

Your point?