Double standard
Woodwolf on 2009/05/18 19:09
Among all comments, this one was really strange: "The panty shot when the fairy moves down felt unnecessary and tacky." No idea who said that but...
What?
Do you really think that seeing the fairy's panty shot was tacky? Is that serious? I just do not understand what is tacky in such an animation... In fact, our first fairy was completely naked! Is THAT a problem? I do think the problem is not ours... but in the beholder's eyes. We discarded the naked version because the animation was dull, not because the complete nakedness!
I'm quite fed up of this double standard. Why is violence perfectly accepted but any kind of sex reference is 'disgusting' and avoided? Most tv series, movies and videogames show plenty of fights, violent chases with exploding things, firearms' shots, corpses... but if woman's nipples are shown, you will hear retrograde voices claiming that it was unnecessary. We are talking about an innocent panty shot here, and someone already complained!
Why is violence accepted but sex references or plain naked bodies are taboo? Our children may watch cartoons that only feature fighting characters, but you keep them away from human nakedness? Pfff! Something is wrong out there!
My wife and Kokoro's girlfriend, our friends and relatives who watched the game or the trailer said, in relation to that animation: "how cute! you can see her panties!" And that was all. Something anecdotic. Nothing else. It is not important.
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alia on
2009/05/19 16:29:
Martin on
2009/05/19 20:02:
I think you may be overreacting slightly. The reviewer in question felt that it was "tacky". They didn't say it offended them, or that it was disgusting. It's not even a complaint. It's a comment. You're lashing out this reviewer for what you obviously see as a major societal problem.
Whether it comes from cultural differences, personal preferences, societal conditioning, or whatever, this reviewer gave their honest reaction, and I for one think that should be acknowledged. You don't have to agree with them, but you should respect the fact that they played your game and gave you feedback about it.
Woodwolf on
2009/05/19 22:06:
That does not change at all, however, what I think about the double standard I talked about. That was really the goal of my original message: a cry against hypocrisy (why is it OK to behead characters, but woman nipples must be hidden), not against that comment in particular. Once again, sorry if I was too harsh on the reviewer.
RB[0] on
2009/05/19 22:25:
Neither is it hypocritical.
The issue is mainly, as others have pointed out, from differences, cultural or otherwise.
The reviewer was probably an American, and you are obviously not.
Many people believe that violence is worse than nudity, while others (the majority, in all likelihood) disagree, often strongly.
Perhaps the viewer thinks that violence is more acceptable than nudity, this is not a double standard, perhaps it is their morals (which you might question), culture or what have you, but is completely different from a double standard...
It would be a double standard if, say, the rater had played a different entry (with equivalent or more nudity) and rated it highly enjoying the nudity, but then knock your entry for nudity.
Personally, I don't think it should have been an issue, not even if your fairy had been nude, since that is often how fairies (historically) are depicted.
HanClinto on
2009/05/20 16:42:
milker on
2009/05/20 16:56:
Dear, everyboy:我想我明白，什麼叫做 Double standard。
如果您知道，我最強是中文，但是在 pyweek 中，我卻要用上英文，
您就知道我的無奈了，這雖然不是 Double standard ，
但是對我來說，就有一些文化上的不公平了。
但是回想起來，如果我跑到英語世界中，我不應說英語嗎？
這也引伸了 chinese.pyweek.org 或者是 pyweek.org 國際化的問題了。
cyhawk on
2009/05/18 21:21:
Typically this is explained in internet discussions by differences between Europe and the US. May be — I live in Europe and found the animation funny. My wife is even catholic and she found it funny too. Still, it seems you have managed to make an offensive game about a fairy saving grass leaves from ants and snails with a light blow!