Crafty Ape's video: Men As Damsels In Distress - Tropes vs Men in Video Games

TRIGGER WARNING: This video contains a handful of graphic scenes involving violence against men. Parents should preview the video first before sharing with young children. This is the third in a series of videos exploring sexist tropes in video games. In this installment we look at "dark and edgy" side of the trope in more modern games and how the male damsel or "mansel" in distress plot device is often used in conjunction with graphic depictions of violence against men. Over the past decade we've seen developers try to spice up the old Damsel in Distress cliche by combining it with other tropes involving victimized men including the disposable man, the mercy killing and the man in the refrigerator. 126 TOTAL GAMES SHOWN IN THIS 3-PART MINI SERIES 61 GAMES SHOWN IN THIS EPISODE Follow: https://twitter.com/Jasperge107 https://twitter.com/acraftyape FAIR USE The multimedia clips included in this video constitute a 'fair use' of any copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of U.S. Copyright law which allows for criticism, comment and scholarship. *****SOURCES****** -- Video Clips -- Damsel In Distress: Tropes Vs Women in Video Games by Anita Sarkeesian Anita Sarkeesian Admitted She Was Not A Gamer Elisa Chavez - " " -- STATISTICS -- http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/focus-on-violent-crime-and-sexual-offences--2013-14/index.html https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expandhomicidemain -- GAME FOOTAGE -- The 3rd Birthday - AyaAnnyGaming Aliens vs Predator - Machinima Assassin’s Creed 2 - miskoL0L Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag - Generic Gaming Battlefield 4 - stillblazingtho Bioshock 2 - ItsPapercut Bioshock Infinite - MyGaming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - GamerGraphix Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - everett1911 Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - ZSlyzer Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - greyfoxx55 Dark Cloud 2 - Sephy Darkness 2 (The) - ToyingWithGames Dead Rising - drdrillvga Dead Rising 3 - IULITM Dead Space 2 - supatann Deus Ex - chickenfingers991 Dragon Age II - Jayetty's DERPAGE Channel Gears of War 3 - CinemaGrave, XpertThief Gears of War Ultimate Edition - Gears of War (Official Page) God of War 2 - OlympianDawn God of War 3 - Legion4Hire Grand Theft Auto IV - CarnageBackUp Grand Theft Auto V - calloftreyarch GUN - SecretYoungLink007 Halo Anniversary - Modest517 Heavenly Sword - IZUNIY Killzone 2 - SMtv Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep - WCamicase Last of Us (The) - Video Games Source Mafia 2 - lilgang1027 Mass Effect 3 - Denny Ayard Max Payne 3 - Sly Shooter Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes - MusicVGames Mortal Kombat X - DeeJayNFO No More Heroes 2 - TheSw1tcher Odin Sphere Extra - EmoPrinny Phantasy Star - World of Longplays Postal 2: Paradise Lost - CraftyApe Prototype 2 - Twin BlackFire Quake 4 - subinbar Rage - Goretasticdotcom Red Dead Redemption - MARVELMASTER Resident Evil Code: Veronica - WatchMeBeibeh Resident Evil 3: Nemesis - GreenLizard21 Resistance 2 - THEBES86 Ryse: Son of Rome - Xbox One Video Games Source, theRadBrad Saints Row 2 - Ev Religioso Saints Row 4 - CommunityGame Saw II: Flesh and Blood - AnAddictedGamer Silent Hill 3 - Auxiliatrixie Sniper Elite 3 - MasterOv - Agar.io Spec Ops: The Line - Video Game Moments Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition - James Mate Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow - shockwave981 Tomb Raider - Planet Lara Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness - LaraCroft MP Walking Dead (The) - Doshra Warhammer 40K - kakoroto Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (The) - Best Gaming Scenes, GamerForEternity Wolfenstein: The New Order - DLCentral -- Music -- Equilibrium: Aufbruch 30 Seconds to Mars: A Beautiful Lie 70's Porn Music - Doctor Sex Funk