Let’s Talk About “Realistic” Representation of Women in Video Games

Amala Ekpunobi

Education

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🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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The beauty brand Dove has launched a campaign called “Real Virtual Beauty” aimed at representing women more “realistically” in video games. But isn’t gaming about escaping reality? And why isn’t there a movement to represent men more “realistically”? Let’s discuss.

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0:00.0	Of course.
0:10.0	Of course.
0:14.2	Well guys, there's a new call for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and today it's in video
0:18.9	games.
0:19.9	Let's talk about it.
0:20.9	Before we get into this new video out of Dove and Epic Games, please like and subscribe.
0:30.0	I want as many people to find this channel as possible so you know what to do.
0:33.0	So Dove is partnered with Epic Games Unreal Engine to work on the problem of overly sexualized
0:38.3	women in video games.
0:40.0	Here's their newest video.
0:41.0	Let's watch.
0:50.9	Of course.
1:15.0	Of course.
1:18.0	All right.
1:20.7	So underneath all the body armor was actually an overweight woman.
1:24.9	So that clearly points out a lack of representation within video games.
1:29.5	Interesting.
1:30.5	Okay.
1:48.0	Uh, 74% of girls feel underrepresented in video games, which is like another one of those
1:59.0	what 99% of statistics you hear on the internet are made up.
2:04.5	Or Dove just put out some random survey to their already extremely left-leaning audience
2:09.0	and 74% of women responded and said they feel underrepresented.
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