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(02-23-2017, 07:45 PM)Seriphyn Wrote:(02-23-2017, 07:39 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: Yeah, it's totally unrealistic. I mean, we all know once we started letting women into the US military all sexism stopped, as did sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination. Ditto for police, fire stations, education, politics, sports, and every other career that features both men and women in leadership positions.
It's so weird to see that sexism isn't solved in a fantasy world, when we managed it in reality!
That is not my argument. My argument is that we cannot possibly know how gender dynamics exist in Eorzea because their level of egalitarianism between the sexes is so far out and alien to our own world. Therefore, making assumptions that rape functions the same way as we know it is fallacious.
Your post also doesn't acknowledge that day-to-day sexism is apparently non-existent in Eorzea, whereas in our own, it is still very much a thing.
RE: underlined
Just because you personally do not recognize an interaction as sexism doesn't mean it isn't. That's kind of a thing. Someone does something that is sexist, but doesn't see it as such due to upbringing/culture, arrogance, or ignorance. It also applies to witnessing something sexist and not registering it as such.
RE: the rest of this shit
My overall vibe is you're saying that you think the writers are throwing rape in as a gritty factor, which is lazy to you. You say that it's out of place because there appears to be plenty of women in powerful roles and sexism isn't a thing. You're subscribing to well known rape myths in saying this. Please educate yourself a little more about actual rape before trying to say that in a realm where blatant/hostile sexism (there is such a thing as benevolent sexism, too) doesn't seem to exist and women are more equals in holding powerful positions, that rape wouldn't be as prevalent as it is shown in the game.
Please note none of the above is said in attack or hostile manner. This is a very sensitive subject and one I really don't think needed to be brought up in this way.