![]() ![]() The latest source of ire for the toys-out-the-pram brigade is The Last of Us Part II. “It’s about ethics in games journalism!” They wail, diapers brimming, and we all know that’s not true. “But Vikings were all big beardy men, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is feminist propaganda!” They yell, but guess what? Female Vikings, or Shieldmaidens – we might’ve gone for Viqueens, but whatever – were also totally a thing. ![]() “ Battlefield V featuring a female soldier in World War II is historically inaccurate!” They cry, when there was actually lots of evidence of female soldiers. ![]() Misogynistic gatekeeping (and homophobia and racism, but we’re just on the sexism bit today) get boiled down to so many straw man arguments, to try and legitimise the fact they don’t want girls playing in their treehouse. What they say aloud is often very different from what they actually feel, however. When angry little boys on the internet get upset it’s usually over something they perceive as a threat to what they consider a male pursuit. (And will hopefully also spoil things for men who are weirdly threatened by Abby’s arms.) Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part II.
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