Comments on: New York Times: Video Games Allow Characters More Varied Sexual Identities https://simsvip.com/2016/08/31/new-york-times-video-games-allow-characters-varied-sexual-identities/ Sims 4 News and Game Guides Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: mm1023 https://simsvip.com/2016/08/31/new-york-times-video-games-allow-characters-varied-sexual-identities/#comment-616991 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:51:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=76644#comment-616991 This is ridiculous. This is supporting a very serious mental illness.

]]> By: Xavion251 https://simsvip.com/2016/08/31/new-york-times-video-games-allow-characters-varied-sexual-identities/#comment-616859 Sat, 03 Sep 2016 00:54:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=76644#comment-616859 The arbitrary distinction between “gender” and “sex” was made by “transexuals” to justify their disorder. Pedophiles, neo-nazis, etc. use similar tactics. But the distinction is meaningless. The difference in anatomy almost always tracks with the difference in the brain.

Transexualism is a disorder, feeling like you are a gender that you are not is a physiological problem… But we live in a foolish society where we are afraid to condemn anything related to human sexuality. It is ridiculous. It must end.

]]> By: Awesomemarc https://simsvip.com/2016/08/31/new-york-times-video-games-allow-characters-varied-sexual-identities/#comment-616659 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 03:02:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=76644#comment-616659 Coincidentally I created my first transgender sim this week. She’s a sim who grew up male and now identifies as female. I have to say I was very impressed with the options provided by the game to reassign her gender expression, and playing out her story has been a lot of fun.

]]> By: Benny https://simsvip.com/2016/08/31/new-york-times-video-games-allow-characters-varied-sexual-identities/#comment-616658 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 02:53:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=76644#comment-616658 Um, actually, gender is not “an objective biological characteristic.” If we are going by standard definitions, *sex* is biological and *gender* is the preference. Also, there is actually a difference between the two statements you said–the former tries to identify as person, while the latter is identifying a mere being. So, yes, there is a BIG difference between the two. Please learn to open your mind because everything in this world changes, however you may perceive things. Or better yet, just keep your thoughts to yourself if you can’t say any better.

]]> By: Mattie Valentine https://simsvip.com/2016/08/31/new-york-times-video-games-allow-characters-varied-sexual-identities/#comment-616651 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 01:11:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=76644#comment-616651 Actually there most certainly is a difference because as humans we can’t be a starfish, but there is male and female for humans. You people always reach for the examples that are a completely different species when that’s not at all the same thing. Sex is a biological characteristic, not gender. And if you REALLY want to get technical we can have a conversation about what actually defines gender/sex because there are so many different combinations of genetic attributes that differ between males and females that goes beyond the black and white of what makes a male or a female. Of course there’s always the argument of people having the genitalia of a male or female but having the genetic alignment of the opposite sex. So if people can physically have the parts of the opposite sex why can’t they have the mental attributes and be able to identify as such? The sooner people open their minds and try to learn about the subject the better.

]]> By: Xavion251 https://simsvip.com/2016/08/31/new-york-times-video-games-allow-characters-varied-sexual-identities/#comment-616634 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 22:30:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=76644#comment-616634 Gender is an objective biological characteristic, not a person preference/identity. There is no difference between the man who says “I am trans-gender, I identify as a women.” and the man who says “I am trans-species, I identify as a starfish”. This politically correct world we live in must fall.

]]> By: Ecstaticrop https://simsvip.com/2016/08/31/new-york-times-video-games-allow-characters-varied-sexual-identities/#comment-616607 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:19:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=76644#comment-616607 I’m so Jelly of her Monitor I wish mine was as big it’s a beautiful display of Sims 4 🙂 I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again This Update was Beautifully made with love and I’m very much appreciated Love is Love <3
Love has no boundaries !!! Everyone is Beautifully different 🙂

]]> By: JackieGoOutside https://simsvip.com/2016/08/31/new-york-times-video-games-allow-characters-varied-sexual-identities/#comment-616602 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:11:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=76644#comment-616602 Yeah, that phrasing bothered me.

]]> By: Pax Ahimsa Gethen https://simsvip.com/2016/08/31/new-york-times-video-games-allow-characters-varied-sexual-identities/#comment-616566 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:40:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=76644#comment-616566 I’m trans and I also created a trans character in the game who is infertile, but in real life it’s definitely not true that all trans people are infertile. Not all trans people take hormones or have surgery on their reproductive organs, and some trans men have gotten pregnant even while taking testosterone.

]]> By: Miguel Ramon https://simsvip.com/2016/08/31/new-york-times-video-games-allow-characters-varied-sexual-identities/#comment-616554 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 09:44:00 +0000 http://simsvip.com/?p=76644#comment-616554 Still want the gender to pup-up when hovering on a sim. Because why not?

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