I noticed The Sims 4 became very girlie. I don't remember the previous versions being so girlie. I picked up my first Sims game because it was an amazing game to build houses. I don't know if it was CC content I used then that made the game less girlie. But now I'm playing on a console so there is no way to add CC stuff. So I have to stick with what EA has to offer but most of the packs are so women orientated and that's weird in 2021it's even borderline conservatism. I haven't build one family and do not intend to build a family. When I look at how many playstation friends have this game I was shocked how many of them own the Sims game. I never see them play it but they owned the game one time or another. I think EA is alienating men who want to play the sims with all the women centric content. And for those who don't understand where I'm coming from. Rest assured I don't want want guns in the game or a GI Joe themed pack o:) Edit on April 19thI leave the original post untouched so new readers understand the answers that followed better.The part that I want to clarify is the wording 'girlie" and "for women". My native tongue is not English so I'm not always using the correct language which sometimes can sound offensive. With girlie I meant "directed to teenagers" and "for woman" should have been 'domestic tasks"

I see. Not enough power tools for you? I guess a vacuum doesn't count?

Can you elaborate on what you mean by women oriented? Do you mean just because of all the CAS stuff being mainly for adult women?

"GoddessByline;c-17856453" wrote:I see. Not enough power tools for you? I guess a vacuum doesn't count? You know that's not constructive either, right?

"Mstybl95;c-17856454" wrote:Can you elaborate on what you mean by women oriented? Do you mean just because of all the CAS stuff being mainly for adult women?The kits are a good example. Kitchen stuff, vacuum tools and 90's outfits. Where is my garage?

"Sigzy05;c-17856455" wrote:"GoddessByline;c-17856453" wrote:I see. Not enough power tools for you? I guess a vacuum doesn't count? You know that's not constructive either, right?But it made me smile. I can take a hit :)

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BylineBelife
Seasoned Novice
4 years ago
I see. Not enough power tools for you? I guess a vacuum doesn't count?
MstyBL95
4 years ago
Can you elaborate on what you mean by women oriented? Do you mean just because of all the CAS stuff being mainly for adult women?
Sigzy_29
New Spectator
4 years ago
"GoddessByline;c-17856453" wrote:
I see. Not enough power tools for you? I guess a vacuum doesn't count?

You know that's not constructive either, right?
DukeOfAntwerp
4 years ago
"Mstybl95;c-17856454" wrote:
Can you elaborate on what you mean by women oriented? Do you mean just because of all the CAS stuff being mainly for adult women?

The kits are a good example. Kitchen stuff, vacuum tools and 90's outfits. Where is my garage?
DukeOfAntwerp
4 years ago
"Sigzy05;c-17856455" wrote:
"GoddessByline;c-17856453" wrote:
I see. Not enough power tools for you? I guess a vacuum doesn't count?

You know that's not constructive either, right?

But it made me smile. I can take a hit :)
LogicallyIronic
4 years ago
I'm not sure what you mean by "girly" or women-oriented. Aside from CAS, there doesn't seem to be a bias towards male or female sims... since both can do the same things.
SimmerGeorge
4 years ago
I agree, in my opinion there has been a shift as to whom the game is advertised towards. It seems like there is a lot of marketing made by the Sims to appeal more to teenage girls, who are their target audience, hence the popularity of lilsimsie and similar Youtubers.

I think this is made more visible when taking old Sims commercials and trailers into consideration. Sims ads used to be a lot more "raunchy" and actually seemed to represent different types of people playing the game. You can see that in these commercials that feature the female audience as well a more male audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVLyMcATcSk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4sQCQ33VRg

Compare that to packs like Snowy Escape which had a trailer that to me seemed very girl-oriented, from the music to the characters to the features shown or packs like Paranormal, Nifty Knitting or the Bust the Dust kit filled with "cutesy" content and items, you'll see they have changed their target audience quite a bit.

Even the collaborations they do with celebs like Sabrina the teenage witch or Vanessa Hudgens or Kpop stars, are directed more to a female audience. Not that no males enjoy Sabrina, or High school Musical or Kpop but these tend to be things associated more with a female audience.

I think at least their advertising is more female-oriented.
Bmm209
4 years ago
Idk why it's like that now either. Maybe they want to zero in on young female demographic. There are a lot of posts asking for more male or even more masculine clothing, activities, etc. Its popular now in society to blend the differences between masculine & feminine and the Sims team/EA seems to lead that way now. Either way theres still people who want manly men, masculine clothing, traditional gender roles etc and I wish the Sime put out equal amounts of male CAS stuff
Sigzy_29
New Spectator
4 years ago
"Antwerpo;c-17856458" wrote:
"Mstybl95;c-17856454" wrote:
Can you elaborate on what you mean by women oriented? Do you mean just because of all the CAS stuff being mainly for adult women?

The kits are a good example. Kitchen stuff, vacuum tools and 90's outfits. Where is my garage?

Those aren't really girl things just normal everyday stuff. But if it's any consolation almost all of us have been asking for cars and garages since 2014. The developers acknowledged that they know we want cars but...they're not working on them. Why...well who knows.

"Mstybl95;c-17856454" wrote:
Can you elaborate on what you mean by women oriented? Do you mean just because of all the CAS stuff being mainly for adult women?

There's been a few threads for the CAS stuff though....Maxis neglects male sims a lot. The latest EP for instance had about 5 different feminine hairstyles and 2 masculine ones.The discrepancy is huge.
DukeOfAntwerp
4 years ago
"Logicallyironic;c-17856460" wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by "girly" or women-oriented. Aside from CAS, there doesn't seem to be a bias towards male or female sims... since both can do the same things.

I'm not sure if I'm expressing myself correctly. My mother tongue is not English. But there is a lot of stuff in the game that irritates me as a man. One example that I think is very girlie. Correct me if I'm wrong is all the flirting in this game. I don't get it. I want to be this modern man that doesn't think all girls are hookups but what happens every time after I talk to whomever they start to flirt. I remember the sims being hard work to make 2 sims fall in love. Not in the Sims 4. I'm always like? "Who plays this? This is a teenage girl fantasy or something".

It's not about being male or female being able to do the same thing, it's about forcing both do to the same time. Like forcing a boy to play with a car when he prefers a doll.