A modest idea

HelpImABug·8/31/2015, 1:25:18 PM·1 votes·317 views

Games are a form of art. It is an interactive experience that many people can enjoy in their spare time. Some convey stories, others an exploration of beautiful world, while League is a battle of wits and skill. However, in order to be treated like an art form, we need to grow up. That said, here's what I see:

There has been a trend in video games to do one thing that I feel hurts the gaming industry. That is, the tendency to treat female characters as objects instead of as people. They're usually not clothed enough and showing too much skin. MMO games does this the worst as better armor for males covers more, whereas the better armor for females gets more scant. I feel that this hurts the industry more than anything. I've found a study that was done of the effect on the brains of men exposed to pictures of women dressed immodestly. The result: it activated the part of the brain that men associate with using tools. It reduced women to objects instead of people. This needs to change with this game. I believe that Riot has the best interest of the players at heart, but I believe this change would be able to help them, and not hurt them. I appreciate some of the more modest skins that they have made before.

I enjoy playing this game. However, there needs to be a rework on some champions that would help to make them more modest. I will be brainstorming new ideas for the champions that I have found, but what are the thoughts of the public? Do you think that the female players should be more modest? If so, why? If not, then why?

1 Comments

Smithney8/31/2015, 1:46:43 PM1 votes

In all honesty, there has also been a trend where power fantasies are mistaken as reflections of reality. I personally don't feel like League of Legends is a game that portraits women as objects, actually by far the opposite (look at champions like Leona, Diana, or Lissandra). On the other hand, I feel like the immodesty of certain champions, for example Miss Fortune and Ahri, is a part of their character. Miss Fortune, for instance, uses her natural charms to make her enemies (presumably males) lose their self-awareness, while she also enjoys the attention her beauty brings to her. Ahri is almost a straightforward "succubus" inspired by Oriental folk tales, as she charms her victims with her beauty to steal their souls.

Finally, I would also like to question the study you have come across, since the field of gender studies is full of biased works that propagate the ideas of their makers, instead of objectively reflecting the reality.