> Because sexualised women is a male sexual fantasy. Big beefy player characters is a male power fantasy
You seem to be saying the problem is the sexualisation of women. This rating is suppossedly for 'Avoiding sexism and gender sterotypes in video games'. That is not the same thing at all.
I have a problem with the assumption that sexualisation of women in media is equivalent to, or has a causal link with, sexism. In fact there seems to be a fairly strong negative correlation between women's civil rights, and them being freely portrayed as sexual beings. Look at the middle east, or back in history, (for example Victorian england.) The important things are respect, rights and equality, i find it annoying when very important issues (such as sexism) are incorrectly dragged in to defend prudishness.
> You don't honestly think they're targeting women with the "muscles and guns" thing, do you?
No I dont, why would you think i did? If they *were* targeting women would it then be a problem?
Surely if this is an issue at all targeting males with such stereotypes would be worse, they would be influenced to believe that it is appropriate to take lots of steroids and go out and kill everyone. (But we have had many decades of research into how violent games causes real violence, and depsite media hysteria, there is no link. )