A stereotype that I didn't even notice and was right under my nose the whole time is in the video game Mario Kart. My friends and I play almost every day and no one has said a word about it. The characters in this game are all characters from Super Mario, but there is only 1 girl in the game. This character is princess peach who wears a long pink dress, white gloves, and giggles when she passes someone. All the other characters say a cool catch phrase like "I'm the best!" or roars. this could show that the female character isn't as aggressive as the male characters. Female characters are portrayed as either not a main character or as sexual and revealing.
Jeroen Jansz and Raynel Martis' article The Lara Phenomenon: Powerful Female Characters
in Video Games talks about the gender and race in video games. Their study had the results that the female characters often show up in leading roles as well as guys do."...Men hold dominant
positions, women are submissive." (Jansz &Martis 2007) While thinking of many video games, I can now see the stereotype. this was once invisible but now is quite noticeable.
A main point they bring up in this article is the game Tomb Raider. Although the main character doesn't abide by them, she does still have one. Yes, she is a girl, she does have gun and is masculine, but she does still wear revealing clothing. This game does not have a secondary character though. This means that all the features of Tomb Raider seem to be enhanced or larger making her even more revealing.
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