I love this game. Visually, it is breathtaking, and the story line is not one you often see. The game takes place in India with the prince trying to defeat and evil jaffar and earn praise and respect from his father. All we really see is men in this game, we only saw one woman. That woman happened to be a princess-which quite frankly is a pretty woman. Which is obviously to entice the male players which are the majority of the players anyway. If we look at the culture of power, it is clear that in this game men rule all! it is the prince who is obviously a man going after the power- its painfully clear that men have all the power in this game when we only see one woman! If we think of ethnicity one thing really stuck out to me. The prince trying to win the praise of his father. I think in any ethnicity boys are trying to get praise from their old daddi-o. It doesn't even have to be their father anyone with a blood tie and is a male figure to them- a boy wants that praise almost needs that praise. I think it is very interesting how the game is constantly playing on the idea that the prince wants his father's approval. it is very realistic-and i like that, men even women can relate to that, no matter what age.
I agree with everything you said. However, portraying men as a superior to women, by only displaying one female character, is a bit of a male chauvinist issue. Providing only one female character in the game is a subliminal way to show men as superior, to the teen players that play Princes of Persia. This also leads to issues with culture of power, by the marginalizing of women. Unfortunately though, this is how our society still functions.
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