Society simply can not address all the classifications of gender and sexuality. by simply identifying a character as straight or gay it limits the spectrum of psychological profiles. this is why our government should not create social contracts merely on who we like... but our civilization needs to create structures that reflect our architecture.
there is less an issue of gender orientation and more a dynamic of if a person is an objectifier or an objectified. is a person dominant or receiving. does a person get off on being shot at or not? being that this world is virtual... it doesn't even work because it is a waste... it is a sacrifice... a martyrdom of time we all choose. we are all there to be submissive to the machine. in life there is an architecture to female submission in sexuality. babies can be made. If I agree to get shot at on xbox with labor and pain do I get the joy of creating other lives?
this assumes that it is just a game. I think politics, sex and religion have no place in the virtual world exactly because they do. it is an example of how transparency must be limited. we are all there to be submissive to the machine and therefor our hidden agendas might have symbolic implications that destroy the community. We are all in labor with each other for the system which is our child.
There is a sexual dynamic to virtual hunting and this is why it might be threatening to bring in identity into this. certainly the industry opened themselves up to something when they created Tomb Raider and Street Fighter. now the question is what does a gay character do to a game when the very game is a play at submission. I'm certain there are no coded answers to these questions. we invite sexuality into the sphere. the virtual vixens are in fact very "lesbian" esque... and of course they also create a male hetero fetish. They are muscular and they are aggressive... the industry created this out of it's own desire to sell games. but in fact it is popular because it appeals to a desire for men to submit. to role play something that they can't in life.
it is a matter of health to allow a certain level of libidinal desire that might be damaging to oneself. we as human beings might even be more healthy because we experiment with this other side. this duality. I'm not sure this should be coded as homosexual or transgender. if this element is dangerous to the game then it should not be an option.
the entire market for this is because the natural male instinct for hunting and fighting is taken away from society. people are repressed. if they invite the natural fetish into the sphere... then it is their fault. The irony of virtual combat is that it involves submission... and perhaps all combat is submissive to a larger machine. Is it no wonder that sexuality and the military must be so contained. A person who invites the system out of libidinal desire has no place because there is no boundary. Certainly a great fighter might enjoy it, but how dangerous to have such a zealous warrior. These desires need to be contained and yet allowed in it's place.
shape up! you obviously like being a pessimist. you are again fixating on the negative because you have found it to be a way to get interaction. you are doing it right now. I have the tiniest violin in the world playing virtually in your sphincter. go do something nice for your boyfriend and stop being so selfish.
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I think I am mentally ill!!
Topics: psychology
Answered by SimonStudio on March 16, 2009View the entire discussion on Yedda
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