On Gynophobia and Misogyny in Games and Gaming

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Over at Acid for Blood and Feminist Gamers, there are two interesting essays on the shooter/action game ****, which involves dastardly female genitalia (looking, as the FG article pointed out, "for all the world like a wizened creature out of the H.R. Giger convalescent home for aging genital monsters") and a player tasked with causing 'bloody **** damage.' And it's not just a hack job from an amateur, being published by Newgrounds (of Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers). As pointed out in both spots, this game is a rather graphic representation of a fear of women that goes back a very, very long time, and, as pointed out at Feminist Gamers:

http://kotaku.com/5052721/on-gynophobia-and-misogyny-in-games-and-gaming