>>3935154>Also overall in non english fandoms, "rape culture" topic is way less popularTBDesu, while not in response to the game, "rape culture" and misogyny is a much larger topic in South Korea due to the prevalence of molka and deepfake pornography made of underage girls over there(and just the fact that gender wars are so extreme they make the most sexist Americans look progressive).
I hate the terms "rape culture" and "toxic masculinity" because while they do bring up serious problems with society that should be addressed, the semantic terminology themselves are reductive to conversation. We don't have a culture that's OK with rape, we have one that's mostly ignorant of it whether it happens to men or women. Men and masculinity aren't inherently toxic, it's the way ideas of masculinity get co-opted by misogynists made to put down other men for not objectifying women enough, etc...
I think reading criticisms of patriarchy to the game is valid IF you acknowledge that patriarchy is largely symptomatic of capitalism and it hurts men just as much as women. Jimmy himself literally displays misogynistic tendencies which is why he cares to torture Curly-another man- in a way that is specifically emasculating and emotionally damaging while he doesn't give half a shit about whatever he did to Anya and how she feels. You can also argue his feelings of inadequacy is due to not living up to the expectations placed on men and he tries to compensate by repressing his emotions and punching down whenever he can, as that's what he thinks a "real man" is supposed to do.
>>3935100Replying to acknowledge the Umineko reference because I don't think anyone else did. Good taste desu.
