Tropes vs. Women in Video Games: Woman as Background Decoration, Part 2

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In the sixth video of the Feminist Frequency Tropes Vs. Women in Video Games series, Anita Sarkeesian expands upon the ideas from her last video—”Woman as Background Decoration”—and remarks on how female bodies are often seen both as sexual objects and as victims of male violence. Please note the content warning for graphic sexual and violent game footage. Previously in Tropes Vs. Women in Video Games

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