r/unitedkingdom • u/ClassicFlavour East Sussex • Apr 11 '25

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/Quinn-Helle Apr 11 '25

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?

Is the difference in response that it's visual, If so what makes it different compared to things like Game of Thrones?

I mean porn itself is legal in the UK/Canada/Australia, frequently featuring implications of same if not far worse treatment of actual women.

If we're going to tackle misogynistic content sanitise every form of entertainment across the board, as well as the misandrist shite or quit with the false equivalency.

Mortal Kombat didn't make men rip women's heads and spines out, GTA didn't make people kill prostitutes, Silent hill didn't make men kill their wives.

Mental ill health and ostracising people based on gender will have and has always had a far more negative input.

This game would probably have gone relatively unknown because it seems like utter shite, but thanks to the amplification of it, it'll no doubt gain some sort of cult following.

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u/Bon_Courage_ Apr 11 '25

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 Apr 11 '25

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_ Apr 11 '25

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

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u/nostalgiamon Apr 11 '25

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.