Can the sexism in these types of games stop?

[jens]

We have discussed this, multiple times. An easy answer would be that we are all boys, so making a game about a girl feels like a much larger undertaking for us and adds one more problem to solve on the pile of problems to solve. That is why for example when making a short game like Justine it was a good idea to try it out.

If it should be debated properly, then you have to go far outside the world of games and game developers. Back to the very root of our dear society look at what happens when babies are born, what roles boys get and what roles girls get. How this follows us all up through the ages and is rooted very deeply. There is an issue to solve, but thinking it can be solved in games is in my opinion addressing it too late in the chain of things to address in order to get more female protagonists in games (and females into game development).