Keeping Abreast of Hypersexuality: A Video Game Character Content Analysis

By Edward Downs, Stacy L. Smith. 2010

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Sexualized Avatars Lead to Women’s Self-Objectification and Acceptance of Rape Myths (2015, background): “…reveal that men outnumber women (Williams, Martins, Consalvo, & Ivory, 2009) and that female representations are overwhelmingly stereotypical (e.g., kidnapped princesses in need of rescue) and often sexualized (Burgess, Stermer, & Burgess, 2007; Downs & Smith, 2010; Summers & Miller, in press).”
Sexy, Strong, and Secondary: A Content Analysis of Female Characters in Video Games across 31 Years (2016, background): “In their analysis of 60 top-selling games from 2003, Downs and Smith (2010) found that, in comparison to male characters, games more frequently showed females in clothing that left them partially nude and inappropriately dressed for performed tasks.”
Do Mass Mediated Stereotypes Harm Members of Negatively Stereotyped Groups? A Meta-Analytical Review on Media-Generated Stereotype Threat and Stereotype Lift (2017, neutral): “…in popular media (cf. Collins, 2011), such as top-grossing movies (S. L. Smith & Granados, 2009), local TV news (Desmond & Danilewicz, 2010), primetime TV (Sink & Mastro, 2017), music videos (Turner, 2011), and video games (Downs & Smith, 2010; Waddell, Ivory, Conde, Long, & McDonnell, 2014).”
Sexism in online video games: The role of conformity to masculine norms and social dominance orientation (2014, background): “…in video game content (Williams, Martins, Consalvo, & Ivory, 2009), and when they are portrayed, are depicted in stereotypical ways that appeal to men (e.g., as a weak princess needing rescue or as a highly sexualized dominatrix; Burgess, Stermer, & Burgess, 2007; Downs & Smith, 2010; Ivory, 2006).”
“Putting on” Sexiness: A Content Analysis of the Presence of Sexualizing Characteristics in Girls’ Clothing (2011, background): “Another study asked raters to code for the presence (yes or no) of “sexually revealing clothing,” defined as: “any garment that was worn in order to enhance, exaggerate, call attention to, or accentuate the curves or angles of any part of the body… and which, by design, would arouse interest of phys”
Content Analysis of Gender Roles in Media: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Go? (2011, methodology): “Thinness was associated with themes of sexuality and materialism, suggesting that it is a marker for the same sort of sexual objectification of women documented by Downs and Smith (2010).”
The virtual census: representations of gender, race and age in video games (2009, background): “…1998; Heintz-Knowles et al., 2001; Schierbeck and Carstens, 2000; Shibuya et al., 2004; Smith et al., 2003; Thompson and Haninger, 2001; Thompson et al., 2006), and gender and sexuality (Braun and Giroux, 1989; Dietz, 1998; Downs and Smith, 2005; Heintz-Knowles et al., 2001; Janz and Martis, 2007).”
What is a True Gamer? The Male Gamer Stereotype and the Marginalization of Women in Video Game Culture (2017, background): “…in current video games may indicate that the target audience is assumed to consist mostly of young men (Behm-Morawitz & Mastro, 2009; Burgess et al., 2007; Dill & Thill, 2007; Downs & Smith, 2010; Martins et al., 2009; Ogletree & Drake, 2007; Soukup, 2007; Williams, Martins, et al., 2009).”