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Video Games: Sexualising Our Children?

February 20, 2010 in News comments 18

Tim Ingham reports on the next person trying to get into the scene for criticising video games. This time, it's a lady by the name of Dr. Linda Papadopoulos. Is she taking things too seriously, or does she have a point and children are now subject to great trauma at the hands of video games?

Big Brother psychologist Dr. Linda Papadopoulos has laid some of the blame for the 'sexualisation' of children at the door of video games.

The story was followed up by The Telegraph this morning, which printed: 'Children are being sexualised from an increasingly early age by computer games, pornography and sex-related slogans, a government report will warn.'
Dark Arcanine via computerandvideogames.com »
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    Sayyed Feb 21, 10
    Yes because Television has WAY less sexual content than video games.
    • 1
      Dark Arcanine Feb 21, 10
      I agree. As I said, I think it's just another person jumping on the bandwagon to look like part of the "intelligent crowd" pointing out "vital issues" in the world of video games. They mention magazines, which is obviously a lot more influential in early experiences if you ask me (local news agency has them everywhere right near the door).
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    Aussie Legend Feb 21, 10
    And single episode of Two and a Half Men has more sexual content than every game released last year

    note: Bayonetta wasn't released till January this year
  • 1
    Hideo1 Feb 21, 10
    I find more sexualization in the name Papadopoulos than I do gaming.

    I also find it hilarious that people still complain that sexuality in games is terrible and try to stop kids from gaming because of it, and then unwittingly let them just go and look at internet porn anyway.
    • 0
      Big A2 Feb 21, 10
      quote
      I find more sexualization in the name Papadopoulos than I do gaming.
      Wait, what?
    • 0
      aMSTERdam69 Feb 22, 10
      HAHAHAHA Right on brother. good call
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    BANDITO ATTACK Feb 21, 10
    no. children are sexualising (is that even a real word? doesn't sound like it.) our children.
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    Province Feb 21, 10
    Someone should introduce this complicated woman to Katie 'Jordan' Price/Reid/Andre and then make her watch the BBC documentary "Are we growing up to fast" where is shows an 11 year old in a sexual relationship with a 16 year old. Guess what? She doesn't play videogames. She just happens to think Jordan is cool...
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    Dragoshi1 Feb 21, 10
    All of the high schoolers in my school say the F word, and mostly talk about sex at every opportunity.

    Goddammit I don't want to here the children of the future talking like that
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    Province Feb 21, 10
    Dont have children, problem solved =D
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    aMSTERdam69 Feb 22, 10
    i don't know 1 game where there's explicit sex. few games with a nipple here and there. we should definitely create 1 though...games AREN'T sexualising our kids, porn n shit are. argument over
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      Paradox Feb 28, 10
      I don't know a game that shows sex, but Dante's Inferno has a lot of nudity, with tentacles that attack you from womans lady parts.

      But it's rated like that for a reason.
      • 0
        Sayyed Feb 28, 10
        Its god damn hell! if you some women doesn't attack me with tentacles from her private parts than it wont be hell for me.
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          Paradox Feb 28, 10
          Yes, but that wasn't in the Dante's Inferno book.
          Plus I had to play the game infront of my parents, and I'm 15...so ...
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          Hideo1 Feb 28, 10
          Most of the game wasn't in the actual book, so that's redundant.

          Jus' saying.
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    aMSTERdam69 Mar 1, 10
    RE; Blade runner
    "Yes, but that wasn't in the Dante's Inferno book.
    Plus I had to play the game infront of my parents, and I'm 15...so ..."

    youch, awkward. poor kid lol

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