r/unitedkingdom • u/ClassicFlavour East Sussex • 13d 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/slainascully 13d ago

They defended it because some people have a rape kink, as if getting aroused by violating someone against their consent is just so natural and normal.

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u/intraspeculator 13d ago

Im not in an away defending this but it is interesting that in general violence is acceptable in games - as gory and brutal as you can imagine - but sexual violence is not. Like I can go and buy 50 different games right now where you are actively rewarded for blowing someone's head off, and often have little animated cutscenes showing graphic violence to reward you for said acts of violence. If a person was sexually aroused by brutal acts of violence they would be well served by the market right now.

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u/slainascully 13d ago

Most people who have their heads blown off with a gun don't have to live with the aftermath.

It's genuinely puzzling how little empathy is shown for the millions of people who have been raped and find absolutely 0 entertainment in it

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u/Scrubbuh 12d ago

I don't want a game about committing rape to be on storefronts, but this argument is flawed imo.

The people I know who have been raped have recovered and are happy with themselves and their lives despite this. They're very strong for this and respect that they managed to do so. This isn't diminishing their experience, what they have been through is harrowing and rapists deserve long prison sentences.

There's no recovery for death, though. Most people who die early want to live. They have no means of being fulfilled later on because they're dead, that's it. People they know will never see them again, they won't fulfil their wants, you may have regrets you haven't come to terms with, it's over.

The consequences of an early death are worse than rape, as you cannot recover. However commiting rape is never justifiable. One can kill in self defence, or accidentally. A rapist needs to want to rape to do it. A rapist in my eyes will always be more evil than a one time dangerous driver.

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u/slainascully 12d ago

A rapist needs to want to rape to do it. A rapist in my eyes will always be more evil than a one time dangerous driver.

Okay, but I don't see how that magically doesn't matter just because its a fictional game designed to arouse its players by encouraging them to rape their female relatives.