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naughtynick81 -> Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (1/31/2013 2:17:14 PM)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9839208/Abuse-your-boyfriend-app-available-on-iPhones.html

Gotta love double standards.

Surprisingly, this did spark some anger. If it was the other way around, there would be total outrage everywhere.

Violence against women is taken so seriously as it's such a sensitive area. However, violence against men by women is usually laughed at and not taken seriously at all.

I hope this gets banned just like the "boys are stupid, throw rocks at them" nonsense we had years ago.



InsaneSerenity -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (1/31/2013 3:42:52 PM)

yup, and all girls go around in skin tight mini dresses all the time.

it is just a dumb game, that is so over the top fake no one should take it seriously.

and if any really attractive girls out there want to go around in a skin tight mini dress every day of their lives, they can have me to beat up every day of their lives.

again, fiction.



Switcheroo1983 -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (1/31/2013 4:10:51 PM)

I have to agree it is a double-standard. However our nation is full of them. Take hunting video games for instance. You can blow the heads off of deer in them. Perfectly fine. How about a game where we blow the heads off of kittens and puppies instead? Oh wait, they're cute animals, so that would sick and depraved.

I gotta tell you though, you'll get a better response from people on this article you posted (and it's worth looking at and discussing) if you didn't have that picture as your avatar, as it makes it look like you just have an axe to grind.

My advice? Ignore it and it will just go away like all bad things. No, seriously, write Apple and tell them you find it offensive.



LadyPact -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (1/31/2013 4:24:56 PM)

If it would have been a BDSM related ap, where you could send ideas for the evenings play scene to your sub or play partner, I think we could find some uses for it. Yes, you'd have to have both male and females for each side of the kneel, but it could be kind of fun to shoot clip a cartoon of the leash part and put a caption on it for a play idea that went through My head.

No, vanilla folks might not think highly of it. Only kinky folks would appreciate the fun uses for it. Kind of like sexting for BDSM types.



muhly22222 -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (1/31/2013 5:24:21 PM)

I've actually seen the Flash version of this game on the internet. It's a stupid game, really, with what seemed to be simple controls and next to no challenge.

So yeah...it's a stupid game, don't get worked up about it.



tazzygirl -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (2/1/2013 12:39:27 AM)

So far behind the times.

An iPhone app released by Pepsi attracted harsh criticism a few months ago for a premise so blatantly sexist that it was eventually yanked from the store. But “Amp Up Before You Score,” which doled out pickup lines pegged to 24 female stereotypes, is but a twinkling star in the galaxy of offensive apps that have snuck past Apple’s notoriously stringent store guidelines. Without further ado, I present to you the five most sexist apps of the year.

PMSTracker: Unlike apps designed to help women keep track of their own menstrual cycle, this one is meant specifically for men. It “allows you to quickly track the approximate time each woman in your life has PMS” using a color-coded method that functions much like the U.S. government’s terror alert system — only it’s red alert, severe chance of PMS attack!

Shake That Booty: This app allows you to manipulate an image of a woman’s butt — or, as the official app description calls it, “BOOTY!” — by physically shaking your phone. Of course, this jiggle fest is presented as something that she desperately wants so players don’t have to feel guilty. Look at that: Everyone wins!

Pole Dancing: “Get these hot girls to spin around a stripper pole by shaking your iPhone/iPod touch from side to side! Even better, clap, yell, make some noise and they will spin around at your command.” Control her without even forming complete sentences — just a few claps or grunts will do!

Michelle: She’s your brand “new virtual girlfriend” and “can be who you want her to be.” You can take Michelle “to the beach or pool and choose which bikini or bathing suit she should wear.” Guess this one’s for the guys whose parents never let them play with dolls.

iControl Her: Here’s another riff on the apparent desire of many app developers to have complete power over virtual women. iControl Her is an actual remote that appears on the iPhone screen, with such clever buttons as “Stop Whining,” “Clean” and “Give Me Beer.” Here’s an idea: Develop a remote for women with a button that reads, “Delete that app and stop being such a jerk.”

http://www.salon.com/2009/12/18/sexist_iphone_apps/



hlen5 -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (2/1/2013 1:01:28 AM)

When I saw the title on the scroll, I wondered if naughtynick had posted it.

The "game" is a major fail. I think it IS time we as a society take women hitting men just as seriously as men hitting women.



tazzygirl -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (2/1/2013 1:04:04 AM)

Yes, I couldnt agree more. But, how about we take sex out of it all together. Hitting anyone should be taken seriously, regardless of sex.



PeonForHer -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (2/1/2013 2:58:49 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

Yes, I couldnt agree more. But, how about we take sex out of it all together. Hitting anyone should be taken seriously, regardless of sex.


The irony is that this app, and the whole joky 'bash those boyfriends, they deserve it!' theme (as well as the wide acceptance of it) are underpinned by an assumption that men are that strong, and that women are that weak by comparison, that women can't really damage men. 'Who cares if mice crack jokes about beating up dogs?' is the general idea.




tazzygirl -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (2/1/2013 3:05:31 AM)

that women can't really damage men. 'Who cares if mice crack jokes about beating up dogs?' is the general idea.

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tazzygirl -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (2/1/2013 3:07:52 AM)

THIS is what we should all be saying.



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PeonForHer -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (2/1/2013 3:32:32 AM)

Yep, of course.



WantsOfTheFlesh -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (2/1/2013 10:30:08 AM)

I dont mind da app too much. Reckon some folks need ta loosen up.



fucktoyprincess -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (2/1/2013 12:39:50 PM)

I'm not a big personal fan of violent games. I do think they desensitize people to real violence in the real world. With that said, I don't mind games that are couched in some kind of reality that is fundamental to the human experience. In other words, a game where one plays a cop/military person who is trying to shoot down "bad" people and save innocent people - I mean this is a reality that exists in the world, and I don't have a problem with that being represented in a game, and people enjoying the experience of playing the game.

But I would be lying if I said certain games don't bother me. Because they do. I'm not calling for a ban. I am just not buying them for my nieces and nephews (even the ones who are 18 and older).

What do I find bothersome: games that reward you for domestic violence, games that reward you for killing cops, games that reward you for killing innocent people or raping innocent people. Are these humorous? Do they desensitize?

There is ample evidence in psychology to show that things that people find funny can also be things that they find seriously disturbing. And there is ample evidence that violence on the screen desensitizes people to real violence.

With all this said, the other thing that research shows is that normal children and adults have a very strong ability to separate reality from fantasy when viewing games/other media. In other words, cartoon violence is, in fact, processed differently from viewing a violent scene in a movie that is very very realistic and graphic. And the more absurd a set up, the more differently we process it. Warner bros. roadrunner cartoons are not likely to cause violent behavior in a child, for example.

So, the above game might more naturally fall into absurd cartoon violence category, but I'm not sure.

And to be clear, while I support the First Amendment, I don't think its existence means we stop thinking about the implications of screen violence, particularly the implications for children.



Owner59 -> RE: Abuse your boyfriend' app available on iPhones (2/1/2013 1:49:56 PM)

Oh the world is not fair!!


That is SOOO un-fair!.... [:D]


Is there an app where one can slap around cry-babies?



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