Tropes vs. Women in Video Games

Tropes vs. Women in Video Games aims to examine limiting, sexist patterns associated with female representations in games, and to illuminate how these patterns reinforce and perpetuate harmful attitudes about women in our culture.

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Created By	Anita Sarkeesian
Status	Ended
Original Name	Tropes vs. Women in Video Games
First Air Date	March 7, 2013
Last Air Date	April 27, 2017
Seasons	2
Episodes	18
Episode Runtime	0min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United States of America
Production Companies	Feminist Frequency
Networks	YouTube

S02E08

The Lady Sidekick

This episode examines how female sidekicks and companions in games are often designed to function as glorified gatekeepers, helpless burdens, and ego boosters, a pattern that works to reinforce oppressive notions about women as the ones in need of protection and men as the ones in control, who take action and do the protecting.

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