Isn't this just possibly that after playing a game with sexy women, one might be more inclined to wanna hook up with a real women later but so socially awkward they try to to do it very badly?
I’m no scientist but that seems like a horrible testing methodology. There are so many variables in there that it’s almost impossible to draw any conclusion on anything.Interesting study. They're basically suggesting that the presence of sexual stimuli increased propensity to reference sexist jokes, which they class as 'harassment'.
It's also a lab experiment so not exactly something that replicates real life. Always a limitation of that particular methodology.
They mention the following but don't mention exactly what the jokes were. I'd hope it's in the Appendices of the original study.
In this task, participants were presented with 16 PowerPoint slides. Each slide contained a pair of jokes written in French. Odd-numbered slides contained two nonsexist jokes (e.g., “Why do sharks swim in salt water? Because pepper would make them sneeze!”), and even-numbered slides contained one sexist joke and one nonsexist joke. Sexist jokes were gender specific. That is, female sexist jokes were used for female partners (e.g., “Why is it called PMS? Because ‘Mad Cow Disease’ was already taken.”), whereas male sexist jokes were used for male partners (e.g., “What do you call a man who has lost his intelligence? A widower”). Participants had to decide which of the two jokes to send their partner using a Skype chat.
Bold is a good point. They do mention 'internal states' in the Limitations section but don't proceed to mention this specifically.
Published study here --> https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/231494/1/Burnay, Bushman & Laroi - 2019.pdf
"Sexualization" is such a broad word, if you get right down to it. A woman wearing long-non revealing clothes could easily be sexualized in the right mindset. The amount of sexualized fetishes that exist are pretty much endless.
Take this new character, Gym Leader Nessa from Pokemon Sword and Shield. Shes basically a slim girl with nothing really sexually candy other than her attire, which is an atlethic outfit. Yet people feel offended by her, as if she has big boobs. I would put she at the same level as Misty with bikini in the Metapod vs Metapod episode.
And I thought governments and schools cry they are broke.3 dudes studying 211 people playing 1 fighting game
Yeah this proves nothing besides it’s easy as fuck to get paid for bullshit studies
Several reasons.This study is fascinating. Why are some of you guys discounting the findings?
Study says eating taco bell leads to racism against Mexicans once violent poops occur
This person behind this study is a fucking imbecile just like anyone that takes it seriously so this is entirely irrelevant, but man oh man would I love to read what these jokes were.
Yeah, their methodology was shoddy at best. Also, if you present participants with a PowerPoint presentation full of sexist jokes, maybe that's the reason why they sent those sexist jokes and not the game they played prior to that. Exposing participants to a second behavior trigger that is not controlled for is unscientific and might heavily skew your results.
Basically their study should be more aptly titled:
Effects of [our] sexualizedvideo gamesPowerPoint presentation on online sexual harassment
This person behind this study is a fucking imbecile just like anyone that takes it seriously so this is entirely irrelevant, but man oh man would I love to read what these jokes were.
A study conducted by Jonathan Burnay (University of Liege), Brad J Bushman (Ohio State University), and Frank Laroi (University of Bergen) called “Effects of sexualized video games on online sexual harassment” looks to answer that question.
From the study:
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Each slide contained a pair of jokes written in French. Odd-numbered slides contained two nonsexist jokes (e.g., “Why do sharks swim in salt water? Because pepper would make them sneeze!”), and even-numbered slides contained one sexist joke and one nonsexist joke. Sexist jokes were gender specific. That is, female sexist jokes were used for female partners (e.g., “Why is it called PMS? Because ‘Mad Cow Disease’ was already taken.”), whereas male sexist jokes were used for male partners (e.g., “What do you call a man who has lost his intelligence? A widower”).
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And this is where student tuition go:
The researchers named two results from their study that surprised them. One is that more sexist jokes were actually sent to men than to women
At least your straightforward. Camilla drawn by Cutesexyrobutts. You have his art as your avatar.Who’s your Avatar? Love me some big anime tiddy.
This study is fascinating. Why are some of you guys discounting the findings?
So if the same study with the same people instead shoveled the snow and they sent more sexual jokes after, that means shoveling snow means more sexual harassment?"Participants (N = 211) played a video game with either sexualized or non‐sexualized female characters. After gameplay, they had the opportunity to sexually harass a male or a female partner by sending them sexist jokes."
There is no way to prove that the sending of the sexist jokes is directly related to playing the game.
On top of that there is a weird assertion that telling a sexist joke is the same as sexual harassment.
Furthermore the number of participants is small.
With the "joke = harassment" thing it's kind of strange because it almost becomes tricking the participants. You might see "What do you call a man who has lost his intelligence? A widower” and think that's quite funny and decide to send it. Then they are pulling a "gotcha" by asserting that sending the joke is sexual harassment?
Would a reasonable person really classify sending this message to a dude as "sexual harassment"?
What do you call a man who has lost his intelligence? A widower.
From there how can you even establish that the decision to send or not send the joke is based on the character's costume in Street Fighter?
What if you just really think the joke is funny? What if you don't think it's funny?
Remember, the participants were asked to send a joke to their partner and were then given a choice of only 2 jokes to send. One "sexist" joke and one regular joke. How is that choice influenced by the game you just played as opposed to just your sense of humor?
At best the study would be proving a connection between the character design and whether or not a participant finds a joke funny or not.
There aren't really any tangible findings here but rather an "interpretation" of data.
An interpretation that seems pretty flimsy to me.
Have a look at the data for yourself.
What I see there is that people are sending sexist jokes even when playing as a non-sexualized character.
Playing as a sexualized character increases that rate but not by much.
So 211 people were asked to play Street Fighter and then were offered a choice between ONLY TWO jokes to send to the person they had just played against.
As it turned out people chose the "sexist" joke more often after playing as a sexualized character.
This is therefore proof that sexualization of female characters can lead to sexual harassment (not jokes, harassment).
And you seriously ask why some people might discount the findings?
This study is garbage.
- only 211 participants
- everyone was offered the chance to send a sexist joke, which means they weren't allowed to be naturally sexist on their own accord
- men received more harassment, and women were more sexist than the men were
But HEY, IT CAN LEAD TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN OUR CAREFULLY-RIGGED TEST.
Concerned mothers can fuck off. Are we gleefully charging back into Jack Thompson days?
I should add:Exactly.
Good methodology is an alien concept to them.
They're leading the witness, for goodness sake, and in such crass way, and it doesn't seem to have made any alarm bells go off. Neitehr their own, nor their peer reviewers',
This study suggests poor methodology makes for catchy headlines.
So if the same study with the same people instead shoveled the snow and they sent more sexual jokes after, that means shoveling snow means more sexual harassment?
They are not actually sending these jokes to a real human, but to a bot who answers negatively to "sexist" jokes and positively to neutral jokes.With the "joke = harassment" thing it's kind of strange because it almost becomes tricking the participants. You might see "What do you call a man who has lost his intelligence? A widower” and think that's quite funny and decide to send it. Then they are pulling a "gotcha" by asserting that sending the joke is sexual harassment?
The researchers named two results from their study that surprised them. One is that more sexist jokes were actually sent to men than to women. Secondly, researchers found that female participants sent “significantly more sexist jokes than male participants.”
You guys are missing something important:
The researchers named two results from their study that surprised them. One is that more sexist jokes were actually sent to men than to women. Secondly, researchers found that female participants sent “significantly more sexist jokes than male participants.”
I'm your daddy!The article doesn't include any detailed data or information. What are they considering "sexist jokes".?
The researchers named two results from their study that surprised them. One is that more sexist jokes were actually sent to men than to women. Secondly, researchers found that female participants sent “significantly more sexist jokes than male participants.”
I wonder how they could control for the jokes being lame. That pepper joke sounds like it came straight out of the joke book for kids that I bought my five year old.
Women aren't impacted more. According to the study, they like to harass males significantly more by default, with and without "sexist games". Thus, one could say that the study implies that feminism is bad and leads to more sexual harassment.It's also hard to spin this as "video games give men soggy knees" when women were impacted far more than the men.