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Question regarding game submission

A topic by Alicia created Jun 05, 2023 Views: 245 Replies: 2
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I made a game that criticizes the way gender identities are perceived and how trans people are always judged by how well they "pass".

In the end, the game asks questions such as what it even means to be a woman, and it generally criticizes how much people in our society tend to think in stereotypical gender norms and categories. Now, those things are obviously related to capitalism, as it has played a huge part in making people think in said categories, and it also made up a lot of gender stereotypes.

Would it be okay for me to submit this game to the jam? I decided to ask, as the whole "fuck capitalism" theme is more underlying and not mentioned specifically. I think that criticizing gender norms and stereotypes also means criticizing capitalism - but I am unsure if this is "enough" to submit my game. ^^

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Of course, no problem! :)

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1. Many corporations have had a tight grasp on "acceptable gender norms" throughout our lifetimes. It's a form of propaganda that's commonly used to easily place people into groups to sell to them easier alongside having more control on how people act. An example of this is how many toy companies (many of which are owned by global conglomerates) make it clear at a young age for kids that "pink barbies is for girls and robots and army soldiers is for boys."

2. Many of the neoliberal economic supporters of systems such as Reaganomics who support your 'free markets' that encourage a harmful positive feedback loop for big companies to thrive and smaller groups to suffer, are the same people who are now -in places such as Florida- making decisions for the state that undermine gender equality, LGBTQ+ people's rights, what kind of media you are allowed to watch based off of how it shows social norms, you get the idea.

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