Trans Representation In Gaming

The reality is, however, that hypersexualized portrayals in advertising are not targeting to those who are sexualized, but instead to those who are doing the fetishizing, who prefer the dehumanizing depiction. This Carl's Junior Ad is not designed to appeal to women 7/8

This attached quote from a Polygon article on the topic shows the developer's mindset, continued from a fetishistic point of view. She makes the mistake of believing a fetishistic portrayal is flattering, and could be used in marketing towards the fetishized group 6/8

When common representation comes from a hypersexualized view, it has a real effect of dehumanizing people and normalizing these attacks. A continued problem of this is shown in a report on police assumptions that a trans person reporting a crime is a sex worker 5/8

Last year, as part of CDPR's announcements at E3, the advertising material included this background advertisement, which prompted complaints from the trans community about... well, lots of things. Lets narrow today's focus to fetishizing trans people, and its effects 2/8