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Video games like Tomb Raider and Grand Theft Auto make teenagers sexist because they portray women in a negative light.
Researchers found a clear link between video game exposure and sexism in a study of more than 13,000 young people.
Those who played games in which women appeared in sexually suggestive ways tended to think of women in the same way.
The study said that games like like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, in which the protagonist is scantily-clad, leave players thinking that women should dress the same.
In the study 13,520 adolescents aged 11 to 19 were questioned on their video game habits and on average they played them for two hours a day.
Lead researcher Douglas Gentile, a professor of psychology at Iowa State University, attacked games like Grand Theft Auto because they portrayed women in a negative way.
He said that you can ‘pay them for sex, you can look at them or you can kill them - this is an extremely limited view of the value of women’.
Professor Gentile said: ‘If you repeatedly ‘practice’ various decisions and choices in games, this practice can influence your attitudes and behaviors outside of the gaming world’.
Professor Gentile said: ‘Many different aspects of life can influence sexist attitudes.
‘It was surprising to find a small but significant link between game play and sexism. Video games are not intended to teach sexist views, but most people don’t realize how attitudes can shift with practice.
‘Nonetheless, much of our learning is not conscious and we pick up on subtle cues without realizing it’.
The research was published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/psychology
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170328105908.htm
Researchers found a clear link between video game exposure and sexism in a study of more than 13,000 young people.
Those who played games in which women appeared in sexually suggestive ways tended to think of women in the same way.
The study said that games like like Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, in which the protagonist is scantily-clad, leave players thinking that women should dress the same.
In the study 13,520 adolescents aged 11 to 19 were questioned on their video game habits and on average they played them for two hours a day.
Lead researcher Douglas Gentile, a professor of psychology at Iowa State University, attacked games like Grand Theft Auto because they portrayed women in a negative way.
He said that you can ‘pay them for sex, you can look at them or you can kill them - this is an extremely limited view of the value of women’.
Professor Gentile said: ‘If you repeatedly ‘practice’ various decisions and choices in games, this practice can influence your attitudes and behaviors outside of the gaming world’.
Professor Gentile said: ‘Many different aspects of life can influence sexist attitudes.
‘It was surprising to find a small but significant link between game play and sexism. Video games are not intended to teach sexist views, but most people don’t realize how attitudes can shift with practice.
‘Nonetheless, much of our learning is not conscious and we pick up on subtle cues without realizing it’.
The research was published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/psychology
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170328105908.htm
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