Name: Women as Background Decoration (Part 1)
Released: 2014-06-16

Tropes vs. Women in Video Games

S1 · E5 — Women as Background Decoration (Part 1)

S1:E5 · Women as Background Decoration (Part 1)

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Women as Background Decoration (Part 1)

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Jun 16, 2014

In this episode we explore the Women as Background Decoration trope which is the subset of largely insignificant non-playable female characters whose sexuality or victimhood is exploited as a way to infuse edgy, gritty or racy flavoring into game worlds. These sexually objectified female bodies are designed to function as environmental texture while titillating presumed straight male players. Sometimes they’re created to be glorified furniture but they are frequently programmed as minimally interactive sex objects to be used and abused. Sexual objectification is the practice of treating or representing a human being as a thing or mere instrument to be used for another’s sexual purposes. Sexually objectified women are valued primarily for their bodies, or body parts, which are presented as existing for the pleasure and gratification of others.

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Tropes vs. Women in Video Games

TV Series

20132.4

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Women as Background Decoration (Part 1)

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Jun 16, 2014

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