”Young, white, straight male”

“The gruesome death of women for shock value is especially prevalent in modern gaming”

”Make them exude sexuality for the entertainment of the presumed straight male player.”

“Worse still are the portrayals of Muslim/Arab/Middle Eastern people, who are often relegated to the role of terrorist.”

“The Call of Duty franchise is one of the most popular in the world, yet it treats Muslims, Arabs, and Middle Easterners as an interchangeable monolith, despite being diverse groups of people.”

“Some may be surprised to learn that the most-active gameplaying demographic is African American teenagers”

“The Damsel in Distress predates the invention of video games by several thousand years”

“As a girl growing up playing games I was always like, why do I have to play as a boy?”

Male Gaze The perspective of typically heterosexual men as intended for media

Voyeurism gaining sexual pleasure through watching others who are naked or engaged in sexual activity

Patriarchy A male dominated society

Positive and Negative Stereotypes Good or bad oversimplifications of a person or thing

Counter-Types A view opposite to what would be expected

Misrepresentation Showing things in the wrong (or just a bad) way

Selective Representation Only showing specific things, not everything

Dominant Ideology The view most shown in society
Constructed Reality

Hegemony Leadership or dominance over others

Audience Positioning the relationship between the audience and a piece of media