Is Swtor sexist?

Personally, I want to see more Hutts shaking their booty...is it just me?

Yes, it is. Much like most of society throughout the ages. It's a part of being human that won't change until we stop having sex -- it's something innate to both of the sexes. It's also an effective means of selling a product to a wide audience, and without the sexism that exists in this game and every other piece of entertainment available within the last 2500 years, it wouldn't have sold as well as it did.

I mean, did you really enjoy the series Rome for its "historical accuracy" (lol) or because it had violence, naked women and casual sex mostly focusing on the nude female form? Yeah, I thought so. Honestly, the lengthiness of this thread is either an indication of the naiveness of the community or simply more inappropriate political diatribes on an internet form.

But yeah, the game is sexist. Just like you're a sexist, just like I'm a sexist. It's how our brains work, and as long as people aren't getting opportunities that others are based on that fact -- there's nothing wrong with it. In fact, it's usually responsible for complimenting the opposite sex when not being used for objectification. So stop worrying, enjoy your life, watch your favorite sitcom and stop filling my internets with your ever increasing complaints about everything.

Please, think of the children.

ok umm...what the hell is wrong with you...slave guy bikini outfit? thats just..weird

whats wrong with some people...

I dont know about swtor but i know i kinda am. /shurg

No more than gaming and the internet in general. Asking the question here just means you get to have a bunch of guys try to handwave it away.

I am really depressed by the ignorance people are showing here. The point isn't about clothes, it's about Bioware ignoring the needs and interests of female gamers, a significant and growing population. The issue is that Bioware is denying choices to female gamers that are given to male gamers. That is inequality.

It always baffles me that people get upset about having more choices. No one is forcing anyone to wear revealing gear. But people who want to shouldn't have to be male to do so. And this would in no way push homosexuality on anyone. I don't think I've heard any female gamers claim that the slave dancer's outfit bothers them. And as for lore, tell me why I see lots of female jedi/sith toons running around in the dancer's outfit?

I'm a heterosexual male and I support greater equality for female gamers.

So the needs and interest of female gamers is half naked men in speedos?

I thought women were supposed to be the more mature gender. But apparently, they are obsessed with naked stuff as men are.

I personally think the game is sexist, but less so than almost every other media type out there, therefore it should be commended.

The reason this has become such an explosive topic is because Bioware has attracted female and gay gamers, rather than just focusing on the typical straight white gamers other companies content themselves with.

What is making the straight, male community nervous in this case, is that based on Biowares other games, they are already on the female/LGBT communities side. They don't push equality and gay romance in their other games for money, they do it because they want to. The straight men of SWTOR are just very vocally complaining in the hopes that Bioware won't bring gay romance to this game. But I doubt they'll change Bioware's minds, none of the other negative reviews altered their other games.

I am on the more liberal "let the men wear bikinis" side of this argument, but honestly, why do people immediately assume that girls can only play female characters ? They have the same options to play a male character, and let him have his choice of two women, just like I have the option of playing a female character, and only having access to one flirt-target.

I play a female character because I don't want to stare at some dude's *** the entire time I am playing the game. I would much prefer it is a nice looking female one. So assuming (heterosexual) women feel the same, I would have to say that -I- am the one who is being discriminated against, since I only get a single choice of flirting companions, while women who don't want to stare at a chick's butt all day, get two choices.

I could care less about the social gear, but I agree that it is very annoying playing a female character. Every second conversation males can flirt, and girls get nadda.

Boring.