Hello everyone and welcome to this page. So I created this topic to be able to share with you the progress and the problems encountered during the development of my new game. This new game will have as its main themes the discrimination suffered by women at work. I just started development. I would also ask for your opinion on this or that game mechanic. Thank you for your attention to these messages.
Hmm. I would say, you are too young to have any first hand knowledge of this topic. So you would just reurgitate stereotypes and cliches.
Also, there is a lot of wrong information floating around and repeated naivly. Like the blatant lie about a pay gap. What people say and think is, that women get less money for the same work. Wich is the lie. They get same money for same work. That is what unions are for, you can't pay people different. What is true, that a statistical woman earns less than a statistical man, but this is because the statistical version works not only different jobs that get paid different by the hour, but they work different hours as well. And in very high paid jobs where you have to negotiate your salary, well, that is whining of rich people.
I also do not see women rights activists demanding there be more female coal minders.
In western countries it actually is men that are discriminated against in certain circumstances. Everywhere where there is a quota. Men are literally denied the position because of their gender, and that is discrimination. If you have 1000 men and 200 women applying for 100 positions and must fulfill quota of "equal", you have 25% hiring amont the female applicants and only 5% among the men.
Maybe you refer to other ways of discrimination. But again, I think you are too young to have any real knowledge for such a loaded topic. There is prejudice and sexism, but men also face this. Like the common cliche that men are sexist against women ;-)
Hello, I must first say that everything you explain in your messages is very true. There is a lot of bad information circulating on gender inequalities at work, whether on wages or the right to employment, and as you explain there are also inequalities towards men. And I think I misspoke on the exact subject of the game. I don't know if the word "inequality" at work is the right one for my concept. My game is more about the mental health aspect and how women can be impacted at work on that level. I don't want to get into a cliché where all men are the big bad guys and do everything the wrong way. I'll have to find a middle ground. And finally I fully understand the doubts that may exist with regard to my age and my knowledge in the matter. I will try as much as possible to do research in a conscious way to best transcribe the world and the difficulties that women encounter. And if I see that I am finally not able to produce such a game I will not continue my work on it. It won't help. A big thank you for your constructive opinion, I hope you will give me a chance through these devlogs to show that I will do things right.
Well, from my direct experience and observation, it is mostly women that negativly impact the mental health of other women in a workplace. The stress they typically face from men is of a different kind. But it highly depends on the type of work. Burger flipping and project group work are different ;-)
This goes into stereotype now, but women tend to be more social. And this includes bullying. Men are more blunt and might call you names to your face. Women to your back. The social affinity also means they want to establish a social structure, wheres men just do not care. If you do not fit in the social structure, you get the cold shoulder treatment or worse, whereas men are not subtle enough. Also, if you yourself are constantly thinking about social clues and subtelty, or think yourself in a victim role, you are prone to misinterpret stuff that is not motivated that way as such. Like, you can be a woman and be incompetent, and just because a man dared to point out your incompetence, it does not make it discrimination against women. A disturbing trend the last decades is to steer in the direction of, I am offended, therefore I am right and justified.
It is hard to imagine a game about such things. Your premise, as far as I understood, is about women unhappy at workplace. It sounds like stuff to write a social critizism about, not to make a game about that is supposed to be fun.
The way I understand the words, discrimination means you make different decisions based on the thing you disriminate by. And if you use "against", it means you chose the worse decision for the person. Like not hiring someone. Many people fail to realize that there is no such thing as positive discrimination. You always negativly discriminate agaisnt someone else, if you positivly discriminate for some "oppressed" group.
I can't remember the name, but I saw a trailer I think about a week in the work life of a stressed out women, writing her diary and the hardships or perceived hardships she faces. It was a bit funny themed slice of life. Maybe your game is aiming in a similar direction.
