"Under your own logic, it makes no difference if they kept their body-covering robes on or not... so why would they remove them? That was a conscious decision to do so. "

"Fair or not, the initial impression of "sexual women" lingers because that is the ONLY frame of reference the viewer receives upon the introduction. "

The series of posts that you've made really lead me to think one primary thing. You're hung up on them being sexy. You've focused on their outfits and the violence done to them while in their outfits instead of the primary focus, the violence.

"Sexism:

This is not erotic murder. The women are displayed sexually. Fine. But there is no eroticism in the violence portrayed against them. If it were rape or if he was assaulting them because of how they are dressed, that's erotic violence.

It's much like rape fantasies. Both men and women have them. Psychology states it's a completely normal aspect to our sexuality. We may not want to be "beaten" but we do want to be aggressively dominated and forced into submission.

"So what is the solution."

"public spectacle"

I called him out in the original article about the same sentence. It really seems like a overly dramatic statement to be in par with the tone of the article.

See, this is where the disconnect occurs. You're seeing sexualized violence, we're seeing visceral combat between assassins and an assassin. Does it start out sexy? Yep.

While I agree mostly with your comment, you got it in there.

Sexism and being a misogynist aren't at all the same thing.

You're using the word incorrectly. Please stop it. You're spreading your own special blend of stupidity on the internet.

Heh, it's funny how people swing back and forth on these topics. We have a post about sexist female tropes where everyone is a bad guy if you like skin tight outfits, etc etc. Then we get a Lollipop Chainsaw review by Tina, a woman; about a character who satirically epitomizes the tropes of females in games, and she…

I don't view him as a failure at all when it comes to acting. The first time I saw him was in the velvet goldmine. Then when I saw his stand up, I was all, "hey, wasn't that guy in.... the velvet goldmine?" Funny how that works huh? =P

This kind of stuff fascinates me. It's awesome to read about and really damn interesting over all. I just wish I had half a clue as to how any of it goes about. I love astronomy, but have a severe lacking in the math field =)

Wasn't there a HUGE discussion just a few articles down about poor female stereotypes? And how "Kotaku posts feminist supporting articles almost everyday now" being complained about in almost everyone one of the conversations?

There's fantasy actually written like this? ... Ah, I see it was an april fools joke.

It looks like a well marbled piece of steak being sliced into sammich meat. Mmmmmmm steak sammiches.

That's a relief, good to know. The statement still stands with how I feel about ports in general, but it's positive that this one isn't watered down. Thanks for the info!