World Adventures Hits the Interwebs
guardianpegasus:
Wow, this expansion is kind of offensive to women. All the ones in Al Simhara save for two are wearing muslim headscarfs.
It's a good thing EAxis didn't include Germany in World Adventures, or you'd probably see people walking around with Hitler mustaches and swastika armbands. Sim Heil! LMAO
rufio:
Well, this is the "har har, let's make fun of stereotypical forners" EP. What did you expect?
PhantomNeko:
Quote from: guardianpegasus on 2009 November 19, 00:32:10
Wow, this expansion is kind of offensive to women. All the ones in Al Simhara save for two are wearing muslim headscarfs.
It's a good thing EAxis didn't include Germany in World Adventures, or you'd probably see people walking around with Hitler mustaches and swastika armbands. Sim Heil! LMAO
Egypt is a bit more liberal, but in Saudi Arabia, women aren't even allowed in the country without wearing burka and dress from neck down to feet.
guardianpegasus:
I also wish they had left the names of the countries out of it, because I feel like it ruins the suspension of disbelief. The only two countries we had ever heard of were Sim Nation and their enemy, the Red State or something like that.
Al Simhara, Champs Les Sims and Shang Simla would have been plenty. I don't mind the cultural similarities, the symbols etc. but calling them Egypt, China and France really kind of irritates me. I look at that text and go "NOOO! This is the Sims! It shouldn't say that!" Those destination names they came up with for both Bon Voyage and those I mentioned above are fine. We didn't need to bring religious sexism and real world grief into this game!
rufio:
I like how everyone assumes that women in headscarves = sexism. There are women who choose to wear headscarves for their own reasons, you know, and even women who choose to convert to Islam and then wear headscarves of their own free will. Of course, I don't actually have WA, so for all I know the male Egypt townies beat the women in headscarves and don't let them drive cars, either. Given that this is EA, I wouldn't really be surprised.
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