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Sex in Video Games
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Growing up in a very capitalist society, people are trying to find the best ways to sell their product and go to whatever limit doing so. One of the biggest markets in the united states is the pornography industry, and has been growing faster and faster. I found a neat website that shows statistics of pornography on the internet. Did you know that 12% of all websites on the internet are porn related? And that 25% of all search requests are porn related.
So how does this fit into video games? Well, “advertising” sex in video games is a growing problem in today’s society. Most gamers are well-known with the sex related content in Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. There have been other cases where retailed games (games rated E-M) are put on shelves with very extreme amounts of sexual content and aren’t taken off until it is found.
I feel that sexual content is going to become increasingly popular in video games until it is completely accepted. To be honest, there probably isn’t much we can do. The phrase “sex sells” is entirely true. As an example, I’ll use YouTube: If you were to make a video and post it on YouTube, you may get a few people to view your video. If you were to upload a video and make your thumbnail a picture of a half-naked girl, you would definitely see a rise in your views dramatically.
The biggest concern in reveal sexual content to a younger crowd is a noticable increase in teen pregnancies. Not just through video games, but through the television, movies, and all other forms of media, sexual content and nudity promotes the ideas of younger kids and teens to experiment with each other and one screw up like that can completely change their lives. That is a huge reason why I believe parents should regulate their children better than they do and that stores should better enforce the selling of M rated games to children not of age.