LGBTQ+ Premade Couples

"Rouenpucelle;c-17564634" wrote:
Representation is extremely important. I find it deeply concerning that no male couple with children has been featured.

In general, The Sims is aimed at females, so it doesn’t surprise me that there are more female couples. To me, the issue is the makeup of the couples. A male couple with children has no reason to be absent.

Here is a quote that may help explain the issue for those who don’t understand:
“Representation creates relatable and powerful role models and sources of inspiration. What many seem to take for granted is the power of having a role model that you can look up to and relate to. Having a black female role model was the reason the talented Lupita Nyong’o felt she could make it in acting. This point is also made abundantly clear in an emotional story around a queer girl’s struggle in coming out. You can read the full story here, but the short of it is, a character coming out as gay in Supergirl helped a queer girl from committing suicide whilst struggling to deal with her own coming out.” (From criticalhit.net)

Of course people can create whatever characters they want, and other people can delete whatever characters they want. But the characters the game is shipped with matter. You can bet EA spends a lot of time figuring out what premades will sell the game. It’s a statement that they decided that male couples with children would not sell.

You say that. That everyone can create who they want or delete whoever they want but when it comes down to it most of the people on this forum are judgmental meaning if you actually posted you were deleting a premade couple that happened to be lesbian/gay they would judge you and say you don’t like them. So it’s a double standard here because it is a game I don’t think anyone should be judged or put down on how they play their own game.