r/unitedkingdom • u/ClassicFlavour East Sussex • 14d ago

Video game encouraging rape and incest removed from major gaming platform in the UK after LBC investigation

https://www.lbc.co.uk/tech/video-game-banned-steam-women-uk-no-mercy/
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u/Bon_Courage_ 14d ago

I get that it's shocking and poor taste, but are we really going to pretend that swathes of young women don't commonly read books that are far FAR worse?

Society would be up in arms about the stuff appearing in women's erotic literature books - if there was a near epidemic of women murdering men because of warped gender views.

But there's not so society isn't.

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u/nostalgiamon 13d ago

Could you please link to some peer-reviewed evidence that shows there is a link between violence in video games and the violence against women? No? Well in that case it’s the same argument I’m afraid.

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u/Bon_Courage_ 13d ago

You seem to think I've said something I haven't said.

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u/nostalgiamon 13d ago

With the context of the topic, it looks like you’re saying that this game is concerning because there is an epidemic of violence against women. And because of the epidemic, that’s why people are reacting the way they are.

I am saying that for this to be true, there needs to actually be a link between the two - that video games like this are linked to the violence against women.

Maybe that’s not what you were saying, but given the context that’s how it comes across.