Virtual games: Reproducing gender duality through feminine stereotypes
This paper analyzes the reproduction of gender stereotypes in a virtual media. The research analyzed 348 online games created especially for the “female sex”. The authors discuss gender as a concept that problematizes the naturalization of women. The paper also highlights the concepts of stereotype,...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2013 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) |
| Repositório: | Revista de Psicologia (Fortaleza. Online) |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufc:article/794 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/psicologiaufc/article/view/794 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Gender stereotype virtual games feminine socialization. gênero estereótipo jogos virtuais feminino socialização. |
| Resumo: | This paper analyzes the reproduction of gender stereotypes in a virtual media. The research analyzed 348 online games created especially for the “female sex”. The authors discuss gender as a concept that problematizes the naturalization of women. The paper also highlights the concepts of stereotype, socialization and play to argue that feminine roles are defined through a complex relation between individual and society. Analyzing online games revealed that a leisure device that is presented as neutral, ultimately contributes to produce subjectivities that reproduce classical stereotypes about girls or women. The technology evolves, but rigid sexual divisions are repeated. Support: CNPq. |
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