Summary Of The Film GTFO: Get The F % Out

Through its enthralling investigation of misogyny in the video game industry powered by male dominated culture, the documentary GTFO: Get the F&#% Out directed by Shannon Sun-Higginson calls attention to the harsh reality women face when gaming. It was particularly interesting to see how if we look at all the factors that have evoked this awful image regarding women we could have a better understanding as to why misogyny exists and what we can do to change it. I’ll specifically explore Sun-Higginson’s examination of the representation of women in video games in order to consider how their sexist portrayal elicits objectification, discrimination and aggression from men. First, I’ll discuss stereotyping in video games as well as examine how male

Since games are mostly played and designed by men, female characters are extremely sexualized in hopes of fulfilling male fantasies. These women have big breasts and are shown in skin tight, revealing clothing. The characters are created based on how men envision the ideal woman to look like and what they would enjoy looking at while playing the heroic, dangerous, masculine game. In many popular games, women are portrayed as sex symbols as opposed to important characters, sending the message that women are inferior to men (GTFO). According to Xeniya Kondrat, author of Gender and video games: How is female gender generally represented in various genres of video games, “Women are dressed in provocative clothing and are created to serve males as an aid or even as a sexual object. As an example, Grand Theft Auto III Vice City allows the player’s character to have sex with a prostitute, afterwards kill her, and from this act get a health bonus” (172). This quote presents the idea that these female characters are created for men to assert their dominance over, and for GTA in particular, the act of having sex then killing the woman gets rewarded. This suggests that aggressive behavior and dominance towards women is