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| Miss Bimbo; A Sure Sign of the Apocolypse? | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 2 2008, 11:47 AM (316 Views) | |
| Post #1 Apr 2 2008, 11:47 AM |
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Copy and paste (with permission) of an interesting diary on Mother Talkers. http://www.mothertalkers.com/storyonly/2008/3/27/162636/655 According to this CNN article, this computer game is geared toward girls as young as 7. The game is described as a "virtual fashion game for girls". The object of the game is to become your own version of Paris Hilton...yeah, aim high. Girls are encouraged to compete against each other to become the "hottest, coolest, most famous bimbo in the whole world." Ok, so let’s go through the motions. A young girl signs up and is given a naked virtual character to look after and compete with other girls to earn "bimbo dollars". They can dress their doll in sexy outfits and take her clubbing and are told to "stop at nothing", even "meds or plastic surgery", to ensure their dolls win. The site has a clinic that specializes in plastic surgery for the all important breast implants that cost 11,500 bimbo dollars. The upside? Well, you earn 2,000 "bimbo attitudes", making your doll more popular on the site. Oh, and don’t forget to bag yourself a billionaire boyfriend. How else are you going to pay for your lifestyle??? Ok, so let me get this straight...this game that’s geared toward girls as young as 7 encourages plastic surgery, (because if your breasts are too small, you won’t be able to bag yourself a billionaire boyfriend), it encourages young girls to take diet pills...######? And also encourages girls to bag themselves a rich boyfriend, because otherwise they’ll have to – God Forbid – WORK. The game’s creator, Nicolas Jacquart, aged 23, stated, "It is not a bad influence for young children. They learn to take care of their bimbos. The missions and goals are morally sound and teach children about the real world." He added: "The breast operations are just one part of the game and we are not encouraging young girls to have them, just reflecting real life." What do you think? Is this COMPLETELY irresponsible and giving girls the wrong message, or is this...just a game? |
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| Post #2 Apr 2 2008, 07:48 PM |
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I went on the site and on the msn site to view the report the did about it. It takes one person with poor judgement to create a site like that. It takes many, many with poor judgement to keep it going. There is an easy answer to this. It's called parenting. My girls didn't have Barbie's and, if they were still at home, they wouldn't have Bimbo's either. |
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| Post #3 Apr 3 2008, 04:55 PM |
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Yes, the game seems disturbing, but remember that it is just a reflection of society. It's the same message and gender roles thrown onto girls (and boys) from all sorts of aspects of the media and the culture. The game itself seems mostly harmless. Most kids have committed virtual murders using video games. I doubt getting virtual breast implants will hurt them. If a boy plays the Bimbo game, he will probably not grow up to be like Paris Hilton. If a girl does, she may. That says to me that it is not the game, but the way the parents and other people in the girl's life raised her and influenced her. It's all part of the common, absurd gender role that tells women that they must be absurdly pure and wholesome but then makes them feel that their only worth is as a sex object and slave to men. This has been going on long before video games even existed. My favorite anarchist and feminist, Voltairine de Cleyre, addressed both sides of the absurd gender roles pushed on women in her essay Sex Slavery (written in 1890). Here are two quotes from the essay each addressing one side of the absurd gender role:
My point is that the problem is not a video game. It is the absurd gender role pushed on women. I worry that getting rowdy over the video game would be a way of perpetuating the gender role rather than eliminating it, in that we are telling girls that they are naughty "bimbos" if they are not uptight, proper girls, which develops into the double standard held against women when they are older: They will be called dirty names if they sleep around when men or dress sexily when men are not held to such strict standards (which again is only one side of the sword because the women will also be expected to be subservient to their husbands and other men both sexually and otherwise). Let's not just get upset about a single video game that some parents may let their children play or that girls want to play. Let's address the underlying gender roles. Let's ask ourselves why our girls want to play the bimbo game and emulate the bimbos. Let's ask ourselves why it is not a problem when boys play the game; that difference is the root of the problem. |
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| Post #4 Apr 3 2008, 05:25 PM |
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I think it is a huge mistake and an oversimplification to think the relationship between media and culture is one way. It is every bit as wrong to say that media is just a reflection of culture as to say that media is the driving force shaping culture. Reality is an interplay between the two. Clearly, "Leave it to Beaver" did not reflect the typical American household. However, it presented an idealized version of reality that seemed to motivate people to try to achieve that ideal. I think that is a good thing. Likewise, this Bimbo game does illustrate an increased willingness on the part of our culture to sink into depravity, but in no way does it reflect a depraved culture. America is not there--yet. However, it does create cultural momentum in that direction. I think that is a bad thing. Parenting is the single most powerful weapon we have against such cultural viruses. Unfortunately, parenting is fast becoming passe. What is the societal solution to this cultural pollution? I don't know. But, let me just warn everyone, if we don't find one, we will continue to rapidly move towards a society with more self-centered takers, fewer altruistic givers, and a general collapse of institutions. The usual fix for such general disarray is a strong leader who takes society way too far the other way. I'd rather we find a gentler fix. |
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| Post #5 Apr 8 2008, 11:01 PM |
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In my opinion, we need to demand a higher moral standard. When our president is having "sex" in the oval office with someone other than his wife and he doesn't get in trouble for it - it's an unspoken statement. When celebrities are getting more "air" time for their bad behavior - drunk driving, crotch shots, rehab, babies out of wedlock - it's an unspoken statement. When our professional sports figures are taking drugs, etc., and they don't get kicked off the team and banned from the sport - it's an unspoken statement. That unspoken statement is that "you are not held accountable for your bad behavior". And, you get more attention (as in air time) for your bad behavior. Glenn Beck did a story tonight about 6 girls that beat up another girl - she has a concussion, and they are not certain if she'll regain full eyesight in her left eye or full hearing in her left ear - this was done all because she said something not so nice, supposedly, about the girls on her MySpace page. And thankfully, they are trying these girls as ADULTS and the charges are heavy - kidnapping, holding a person against their will, etc. I hope they all go to prison for a good long time and that it sets an example - that you WILL be held accountable for your bad behavior. |
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