They should do a stuff pack for men.

"rhalius;c-18011245" wrote:
Eh, I have pretty much given up on this game already. They just don't get it.
They won't allow male sims to be anything else than feminine gay supermodels.

Nothing wrong with feminine gay men by the way, but other kinds of men exist as well. Like you know, men with body hair. Or messy hair on their head that is not styled. Or wearing plain jeans.

It's why I stick pretty much to Sims 3 and don't intend to spend any more money on sims 4.
Sims 3 has some gender bias in favour of women, but it's pretty mild compared to this game.

There's dive bars, bikes, sport cars, traits that actually do something so can allow more masculine personalities depending on trait combinations, animations aren't so feminine for men, they can have body hair, way more facial hair options, lots more good clothes options, a better selection of occupations, more skills, there's drums, actually dangerous adventures to far off locations, martial arts..

I mean, Sims 4 has star wars but even that they managed to botch up by basing it on the lame theme park, only having sequel content which is not that popular and still not even getting Rey's outfit remotely right, letting you have Kylo Ren's lightsaber and other disappointments.
And also limiting it to a game pack.
Should have been a full expansion featuring content of the whole movie series and clothes from the actual movies instead of mostly weird junk that barely looks like Star Wars.

There's also gay men with body hair....actually body hair being absent is so frustrating. I feel like I can't create my family. Maybe I should consider being outraged at the game not being inclusive enough by body hair being absent. THAT'S A JOKE. Probably in very bad taste, and I'm sorry for any offense but I'm not sorry I say it, because while I'm not outraged, I do feel we can't really recreate that portion of ourselves.

but in truth, does it fall into the category with missing height variations and missing options for someone with a disability as well? We cannot make our Sims selves if we fall into those categories. As a member of the LBGTQIA+ community, I totally applaud EA for bringing so many different gender identity and preference options into the game. I applaud EA for bringing options where many races, heritages and nationalities can be represented (I realize not all the same thing), as well as many skin tones to allow us to create as close as ourselves as possible should be prefer.

Unlike Height and options for disabilities, there shouldn't be a lot of coding to go into body hair. It's like an extra layer of skin or clothing, visual and not really interactive with objects. At any rate, it's not represented, so it does feel like many male Sims are being put into a small corner in terms of that world.

Also agree with other types of lifestyles and that's been something I'd love to see in the game. Though I guess it could be potentially offensive for stereotyping as well. I'd love to see a Sims: Cultures expansion that brings in more items from various non-nationality based cultures and hobbies. It's nice to see Pride items being embraced, but there's other lifestyles, hobbies and forms of identity that aren't present yet in game (To clarify I'm not equating LBGTQIA+ with a hobby, that falls in with lifestyles and identity).