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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Berin@discuss.tchncs.de to c/games@lemmy.world

The group responsible is "Collective Shout", the same org has targeted Steam before.

There are calls on social media now to contact Mastercard, Visa and co. and file complaints.

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[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I bet a lot is money that these companies would take money from Trump and never child fuckers.

[-] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This organization is nuts.

This is from their FAQ:

Why don’t you include men in your mission statement? It’s not right to objectify men either.

A:

While both men and women can be sexualised, it is primarily women who are being objectified, and women who are far more likely to be negatively impacted by it as demonstrated earlier.

When men are sexualised in media and advertising, they are not typically demeaned, portrayed as decorative objects or posed as vulnerable and submissive in the ways that women are. Men are also rarely dismembered and presented as a collection of sexualised or individual body parts. Instead, men are depicted as hyper-masculine and strong. The sexualising and objectifying treatment of men may serve to enhance their power and status rather than to reduce it.

Having said that, we do not support ‘equal opportunity’ objectification. We encourage individuals to speak out against objectification including when men and boys are subjected to it.

I kept wondering why their focus was only on “girls, girls, girls” all over the place and everything was pink.

So media involving the dehumanization of men is totally cool with them. A game about raping men would be totally fine and no issues there because it’s not “typical”. Just don’t do anything to the girlys.

https://www.collectiveshout.org/faq

As if the sexualization of men doesn’t have a negative impact on men as a whole…telling men that the only way to be sexy is to be masculine and strong isn’t at all damaging to them? How does that make any bit of fucking sense? Not all men can live up to those unrealistic depictions with a 6 pack and big muscles nor should all men aspire to be that.

The fuck is wrong with these people…

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The thing is, I actually appreciate the idea of "de-objectifying" people in terms of fictional design; but I want that to be encouraged as part of the creative expression. A sexy female character with an identity and story behind her is a lot more fun to me than one just created to have big boobs. Heck, those same design principles can help design sexy men that appeal to female/gay groups.

But needless to say, forcing those views as part of these acts isn't helping anyone. It's just exerting forceful control, and we know how well that works for art.

[-] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Those ladies are really unpopular at the moment.

Still, it further highlights just how much power over law payment processors have - a worrying thought that the morality of a company (influenced by problem life nuts) dictates international law.

Edit - autocorrect turned pro life into problem life. I am ok with this.

[-] dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They should do Twitter next. Twitter has nsfw AI role play now and it should be banned by payment processors.

Edit: I say this because I want to bring up the hypocrisy of the advocacy. Why they get to choose what companies can do porn which cannot?

[-] bvoigtlaender@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'd be okey with that if they pressured itch.io to delist Atmospheric, First-Person, Horror, Psychological \hj

[-] Magical_Spark@jlai.lu 0 points 1 week ago

Is there an alternative to those payment processors? I feel like using those are just not good if they go down that road.

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