International Men's Day
International Men's Day is coming this November 19 seeing as we got a patch for International Women's Day with tattoos from female artist, I'd love to see the same respect shown to men. With patches t...
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"ChadSims2;c-18133203" wrote:"haneul;c-18133147" wrote:
I think it's important to celebrate men, but this holiday is controversial so EA/The Sims/Maxis will probably skip it... Generally, these International X Days are meant to elevate marginalized groups and men aren't a marginalized group. Also given the rampant sexism issues in the gaming industry, celebrating men's day might not be the best look. We do need more masculine stuff in the game, though.
Its controversial to honor men? I guess that means the day really is needed and men are a marginalized group.
It's not controversial to honor men. Honoring men is great. It's just that this particular holiday for men (International Men's Day) is controversial. For example, some of its founders are suspicious (like in India, the holiday is used to fight against domestic violence laws). So EA will probably want to be careful, especially because most of these sorts of holidays are for marginalized groups, men are not marginalized, and the gaming industry is already perceived as being incredibly misogynistic.
itd be sexist to recognize the success of one sex and not the other.
Of course, which is why the women's holiday and women's history month exist. An analogy would be that this month is Pride and about promoting LGBTQ+ rights. In response to Pride, it would be kind of weird to ask for a month to celebrate straightness because that would attract a lot of homophobic people and straight people are generally not discriminated against even though there may be certain instances where straight people have a harder time doing something.
