Female Experience Simulator by Alyson Macdonald
A short game exploring women's role in causing or preventing sexual harassment.
Information in this game listing is copyright alyson, is taken from IFDB,
and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
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treeHugger
22 Mar 2020
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Kosanna
11 Jul 2016
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TheRythmGamer
15 Oct 2015
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Rabble
24 Jun 2015
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kurdibur
05 May 2015
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YoMommasALlama
12 Apr 2015
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Justanothercase
17 Feb 2015
Has a good concept, but was poorly conducted.
Sexual harassment is a reality, and it's fucking terrifying. I've been there.
However, not everyman is an asshole, not everyman is a sexual harassment monster. It only makes us - women - fear every single moment outside our own cocoon. This is not how it's supposed to be.
We do have to take care; some people are, in fact, sick people. Men, women. But this game is just stupid.
This shouldn't be anyone's outtake in life.
Sexual harassment is a reality, and it's fucking terrifying. I've been there.
However, not everyman is an asshole, not everyman is a sexual harassment monster. It only makes us - women - fear every single moment outside our own cocoon. This is not how it's supposed to be.
We do have to take care; some people are, in fact, sick people. Men, women. But this game is just stupid.
This shouldn't be anyone's outtake in life.
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arislaf
05 Feb 2015
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Danny1214
20 Jan 2015
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BeggerStager
10 Jan 2015
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Metaphoric
10 Jan 2015
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MelindaAtlas
25 Dec 2014
I think that there is something to this, because women do get harassed regardless of what they wear or where they go. They get those little comments like, "You look nice ... today." It can be very insidious, unasked for, and often threatening.
I like that the game makes me frustrated and uncomfortable about how others treat me as a woman. It’s supposed to make me feel unhappy with how women are treated and it certainly does that.
But I think that this game is so exaggerated that it sends mixed messages about whether it's for or against women getting sexually harassed.
Now, there is nothing wrong with a game that points out sexism by being satirical. But the entire tone of the game is so thoroughly condescending to women that it delights in the harassment/failure with throwaway insults like “do not pass go” whenever the character falls into a situation where harassment occurs.
I think I would be able to accept this and see the game as supporting women’s rights, if the game actually depicted you playing as a realistic female character.
But it doesn’t.
Instead, you are told that you: “feel so embarrassed that you have to go home and cry to your cat.”
This goes beyond putting you into scenarios out of your control to show that harassment always occurs out of the victim’s control. It implies that you sort of deserve the harassment because instead of speaking up for yourself, you run home and throw a tantrum. None of the male characters depicted in this game seem to have that problem.
All it would take to tip this from a game that is anti-harassment to one that bashes women is if one of the outfits didn’t lead to harassment.
The fact that this line is so thin is what makes this game underdeveloped.
I like that the game makes me frustrated and uncomfortable about how others treat me as a woman. It’s supposed to make me feel unhappy with how women are treated and it certainly does that.
But I think that this game is so exaggerated that it sends mixed messages about whether it's for or against women getting sexually harassed.
Now, there is nothing wrong with a game that points out sexism by being satirical. But the entire tone of the game is so thoroughly condescending to women that it delights in the harassment/failure with throwaway insults like “do not pass go” whenever the character falls into a situation where harassment occurs.
I think I would be able to accept this and see the game as supporting women’s rights, if the game actually depicted you playing as a realistic female character.
But it doesn’t.
Instead, you are told that you: “feel so embarrassed that you have to go home and cry to your cat.”
This goes beyond putting you into scenarios out of your control to show that harassment always occurs out of the victim’s control. It implies that you sort of deserve the harassment because instead of speaking up for yourself, you run home and throw a tantrum. None of the male characters depicted in this game seem to have that problem.
All it would take to tip this from a game that is anti-harassment to one that bashes women is if one of the outfits didn’t lead to harassment.
The fact that this line is so thin is what makes this game underdeveloped.
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Conspiracy_risk
25 Dec 2014
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MADDOG50K
25 Dec 2014
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Caurus
20 Jul 2014
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FunghettAyu
23 Jun 2014
This shows to people that no matter what you wear or where you go, there'll always be some asshole that'll most likely harass you.
Watching the reviews left me a bad taste in my mouth.
'every bit of this sucks'
Yeah because that's the life most women have to go through and yes, it sucks.
'stereotypical, very offending on women.'
'Stereotypical?' If harassmet is so stereotypical, it means it's something that happens so much it becomes a stereotype. Not that good, is it? Sexual harassment shouldn't be a stereotype, it should be something BAD.
'offending on women'? Why? Because it shows the truth? I'm a woman and I didn't find it offending, just sad because true.
'you're berating women and stereotyping many' I didn't find it berating. Why would it be berating? It didn't say that some kind of clothes are shouting 'please harass me', it says that, as I already said, no matter what you wear, be it a bikini or a tracksuit, you'll receive harassment anyway,
It didn't stereotype many. It showed that there are assholes who think harassment is okay, and sadly if you're a woman you risk going through it every day, even multiple times a day.
It is not stereotyping or berating or offending.
It's the truth and it's explained better than any other way I could've found to explain it.
In the end, I just really want to say: good work.
I hope more people will play this and understand.
Watching the reviews left me a bad taste in my mouth.
'every bit of this sucks'
Yeah because that's the life most women have to go through and yes, it sucks.
'stereotypical, very offending on women.'
'Stereotypical?' If harassmet is so stereotypical, it means it's something that happens so much it becomes a stereotype. Not that good, is it? Sexual harassment shouldn't be a stereotype, it should be something BAD.
'offending on women'? Why? Because it shows the truth? I'm a woman and I didn't find it offending, just sad because true.
'you're berating women and stereotyping many' I didn't find it berating. Why would it be berating? It didn't say that some kind of clothes are shouting 'please harass me', it says that, as I already said, no matter what you wear, be it a bikini or a tracksuit, you'll receive harassment anyway,
It didn't stereotype many. It showed that there are assholes who think harassment is okay, and sadly if you're a woman you risk going through it every day, even multiple times a day.
It is not stereotyping or berating or offending.
It's the truth and it's explained better than any other way I could've found to explain it.
In the end, I just really want to say: good work.
I hope more people will play this and understand.
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stardarling
25 May 2014
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IfGamer
13 May 2014
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10 Apr 2014
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Written by
Alyson Macdonald
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External
English
Published 28 Jul 2013
Listing added 13 Jan 2014
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