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Shirts vs. Skins: Clothing as an Indicator of Gender Role Stereotyping in Video Games
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This research uses content analysis to examine the portrayal of women in 47 randomly selected games from the Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation console gaming systems. We suggest that video games, similar to other media forms, are sources of information that children and young adults may use to determine what behaviors and attitudes are considered appropriately masculine and feminine. This analysis revealed a significant sex bias in the number of male versus female characters found in the games and among the way in which the male and female characters were dressed. Of the 597 characters coded, only 82 (13.74%) were women. The Nintendo 64 games had the fewest number of female characters, and the majority of the female characters wore clothing that exposed more skin than the male characters.
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- Authors
- Beasley, B., & Collins Standley, T.
- Venue
- Mass Communication and Society
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002-08
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 279-293
- ISSN
- 1520-5436 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7825
- OpenAlex
- W2049024643
- Cited by
- 296
- References
- 42
- FWCI
- 4.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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