Sims for Men

"amberlunez;c-17861883" wrote:
this topic completely bewilders me in countless ways.

What exactly is 'manly' in the context of sims?
-More stereotypically masculine clothing and hairstyles? Okay. I definitely think there needs to be a larger variety in CAS in all cases. I want more CAS for all gender identities. There should be more body hair! (I don't know if anyone knows this, but women actually have that too! So I guess that's not a 'man-thing' either?) I also feel like a lot of the CAS stuff is very polished, which while awesome is not always the vibe.
-Cars? More sports? Farming? Strangely enough, all things that a huge part of the community has been requesting already. More garage stuff? For sure.
-....I...don't know what other 'man-things' you want in the game? Beer? I'm being stereotypical here because I'm trying really hard to think from the 'men do this, women do that' mindset.

I just genuinely don't understand what specifics need to be added to the game to make it more 'man friendly'. It's a game where you build structures and/or simulate life. The wonders of a sandbox game! You can literally choose whatever lifestyle you want to play (within reason), or just build. Is 'homemaking' too feminine for you? Well lucky for you, you can even start a family and then abandon it and let the mother of your children take care of the kids by herself, which definitely adds that 'manly grit' in a super realistic way, if that's what you're into!

The only thing I've gleamed from most of the comments here is that 'being a man' is about having looser fitting trousers that pass your ankle and having body hair and being able to shave if you want to. Well, welcome to the club my dudes! I also enjoy looser fitting trousers that pass my ankle and I too have body hair that I sometimes shave and sometimes don't, and wouldn't mind seeing those very oddly specific things in the game. But by all means, please make sure it only applies to the male sims, as their masculinity is literally being threatened by the presence of the Things That Are Not For Them (Even Though The Things Are Gender Neutral).

But for real. They've literally been working toward an (optional) more gender neutral approach in the game, which is a breath of fresh air, and now we 'need more man things'? Not to mention that the gaming industry is pretty much entirely domineered by men already. Yes, there are TONS of non-male players of all games, but it's common knowledge that the gaming scene is mostly cisgender men. Is it such a terrible thing that there is one large scale game that...doesn't even necessarily 'cater to women', but simply doesn't primarily cater to men? You have a MILLION options out there - games that are about stealing cars and committing a multitude of violent crimes, games about monsters, games where you can pretend you play football for a living, etc - and you take the one game that doesn't 'cater to men' and think it needs to be fixed? Like, honestly give me a break.

Are you kidding me? Have you actually ever played this game because it looks like you didn't. This game is not gender neutral. It was the fitst thing I noticed when I tried this game. I was so surprised to see that you can only pick a man or a woman. Nothing else. Again all the domestic packs are offensive to women if you go on this route of equality and neutrality. Gay sims are portrayed as a stereotype and you start lecturing me describing it as a breath of fresh air? You do know that air stinks?

It's clear you don't understand a word that I said if you are telling me that I can go play games stealing cars, do violent crimes and fight with monsters. It's insulting what you think is meant in this topic as masculine. It's offensive to all men that like to play the sims. Stop being so prejudiced.