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Gender representation in video games

Cosplayers dressed as Link and Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda video game series. Link is consistently portrayed as the male champion and defender of the series' eponymous character, whose depiction has, in contrast, seen different iterations throughout the history of the series.[1]

The portrayal of gender in video games, as in other media, is a subject of research in gender studies and is discussed in the context of sexism in video gaming. Although women make up about half of video game players, they are significantly underrepresented as characters in mainstream games, despite the prominence of iconic heroines such as Samus Aran or Lara Croft.[2][3] Women in games often reflect traditional gender roles, sexual objectification, or stereotypes such as the "damsel in distress".[4][5] Male characters are frequently depicted as big and muscular, and LGBT characters have been slow to appear due to the cis-heteronormativity of the medium.[6][7]

Research suggests that gender portrayal in games can influence players' perceptions of gender roles, and young girls prefer playing as their own gender much more than boys do.[8][9] On average, female-led games sell fewer copies than male-led ones but also have lower marketing budgets.[10]

  1. ^ Hansen, Jared Capener (2018). Why Can't Zelda Save Herself? How the Damsel in Distress Trope Affects Video Game Players (MA thesis). Brigham Young University. hdl:1877/etd9736.
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  3. ^ Ivory, James D. (1 February 2006). "Still a Man's Game: Gender Representation in Online Reviews of Video Games". Mass Communication and Society. 9 (1): 103–114. doi:10.1207/s15327825mcs0901_6. ISSN 1520-5436. S2CID 73610501.
  4. ^ Kondrat, Xeniya (2015). "Gender and video games: How is female gender generally represented in various genres of video games?". Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology. 6 (1): 171–193. ISSN 2068-0317.
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