Gender Bias in Character Creation

[Joven]

Maybe you should play a korean mmo instead then :P

Funnily enough I have someone at work who pesters me almost every day to play Black Desert Online.

[AlyssaWildheart]

I find that pointless as every male character will just put it to the max setting.

I feel like I'm the only one that actually wouldn't put it on the max setting for my characters.

It is not pointless tho, more customization/sliders is always a good thing in my opinion. And if people want to max it, then good for them.


And it's a common thing for character creators to be very biased (which I dislike, but it's just how things are)

[Naychan]

Ty hahaha TY for posting this im dying here!

[MorbolvampireQueen6]

The only bias i see on creation is hair style options and not being able 2 go taller or shorter than avarage we need at least 5 more inchs above and below average

[Soge01]

Muscles...can never see my Miqo'te's muscles...

[Kaedan]

A mans groin isn't really the male equivalent of a woman's chest. It isn't sexist to have a slider for one but not the other.

This.

OP, if you want a "man boob" slider, then that wouldn't be be unreasonable. But we don't have a "woman's nether-regions" slider, so men don't need one either.

[xkazh]

Y'all please check the dates on threads before replying, talk abt necro spam recently

[Keddera_StormMoon]

Really? So your telling me that when you see a woman you don't immediately or within a few seconds take in the size of a woman's breast? And don't play the genitalia card because a woman's breasts are very sexualized. In fashion, magazines, TV, Movies, Anime and so on. A woman's Breasts are one of the defining and most obvious attribute that singles out the female gender. If your telling me that you don't take notice of a womans chest, effectively sexualizing that part, then your bold faced lying.

I guess you never heard the term "ass man" or "leg man" LOL

[Lauront]

I don't think a slider is required for it, per se, but Overwatch type bulges would be welcome - I hate the flatpack effect in that area for my male characters. Some outfits already give the illusion of a bulge. There's nothing sexualised about the fact that men have something down there, but I can see why sliders would be redundant.

This.

OP, if you want a "man boob" slider, then that wouldn't be be unreasonable. But we don't have a "woman's nether-regions" slider, so men don't need one either.

Because there's typically nothing to bulge out... and certainly nowhere near the same as it would on a male, even in extreme cases, providing we're talking about regular females without extra bits.

[RitsukoSonoda]

My issue with male characters is one that is usually apparent in most games with customizable character builds. They tend to be either far too tall and muscular for my preferences or their small option is something similar to Lalafells. I'd prefer playing a male character physically closer to what I am irl which would be 5'6" and about 120lbs.