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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
Games that are obviously based on male anxiety about loss of control in a modern society...loss of manhood. It's not surprising given the demographics of the board, though.
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Really, MM?
First of all, these kinds of sexual motivators are not modern or new at all. Video games may be, but rape is as old as dirt. I think it's disingenuous to make assertations otherwise. EVERYONE has their kinks, socially acceptable or not. Mine is as mundane as redheads. Some guys dig older women. Some guys want to feel some power. Some guys want to be dominated. As long as your sexuality is played out in a consentual fashion (or in this case a virtual fashion), then what's the big deal?
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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
Responding here to this by Baraka_Guru:
"It's important to remember: this is fantasy. What's interesting, I think, is exploring that bridge between fantasy and reality. What tempts one to cross it?"
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As if human beings had some idea of the difference between so-called "reality" and "fantasy." What should I think? That human beings typically take time to educate themselves about phisosophical considerations and deep subjects such as "what is reality"? Come on. When does the charade that there is something rational and sensible about typical human behavior cease?
We're barely conscious. We're led around by the nose by huge social and cultural forces that play our unconscious fear and desires like so many harpstrings.
We like to flatter ourselves. How about we take a hard look at ourselves once in a while? What are we afraid of?
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Well, that's a whole different thread in a whole different forum. But for the sake of continuity, I'll just pose this.
We're human. Always have been, always will be. We're no smarter now than we were a thousand years ago or a million. We may have slightly more knowledge, though that is debateable. How long ago was it that the "smartest" people thought the Earth was flat? That nuclear weapons were a "good" idea? In three hundred years, people will look back at us from their high-horse thinking how backwards and ignorant we were. But you know what? In three hundred years, there will STILL be guys that fantasize about or commit rape. I'd bet my fortunes on it.