{"id":1536252,"date":"2022-07-02T08:19:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T12:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1536252"},"modified":"2022-07-02T08:24:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T12:24:20","slug":"study-finds-video-games-with-sexualized-content-do-not-cause-misogynistic-attitudes-or-body-image-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-finds-video-games-with-sexualized-content-do-not-cause-misogynistic-attitudes-or-body-image-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds \u201cVideo Games with Sexualized Content\u201d Do Not Cause Misogynistic Attitudes or Body Image Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudy-finds-video-games-with-sexualized-content-do-not-cause-misogynistic-attitudes-or-body-image-issues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1536252&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>According to the results of a recent study, psychologists have found that the \u201cevidence is weak that sexualized games influence player attitudes and behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170440\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Tomb Raider II (1997), Eidos Interactive<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/06\/25\/to-heart-2-spin-off-dungeon-travelers-2-denied-release-on-steam\/\">To Heart 2 Spin-Off Dungeon Travelers 2 Denied Release On Steam<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set to have its results published in the October 2022 edition of the journal Computers in Human Behavior under the title \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0747563222001637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Does sexualization in video games cause harm in players? A meta-analytic examination<\/a>\u201c, the recent study sought to address the oft-touted claims of the perpetually offended \u2013 such as <a href=\"https:\/\/guardianlv.com\/2014\/11\/anita-sarkeesian-unmasked-feminist-icon-or-con-artist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disgraced<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2014\/11\/27\/an-open-letter-to-bloomberg-s-sheelah-kolhatkar-on-the-delicate-matter-of-anita-sarkeesian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critic<\/a> Anita Sarkeesian and numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/01\/06\/bloomberg-tech-columnist-argues-video-games-are-still-sexist-admits-hes-uncomfortable-playing-titles-featuring-female-characters-in-skimpy-outfits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gaming journalists<\/a> \u2013 and answer the question of \u201cwhether video games with sexualized content do or do not relate to mental health and body image problems in players, and\/or sexualization and hostility toward women\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170465\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-06.58-boundingintocomics-62bf43ef3d39d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1232\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-06.58-boundingintocomics-62bf43ef3d39d.png 1232w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-06.58-boundingintocomics-62bf43ef3d39d-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-06.58-boundingintocomics-62bf43ef3d39d-768x431-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Final Fantasy XIV (2013), Square Enix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Conducted by Christopher J.Ferguson, perhaps best known for his work debunking the similar claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/today\/2019\/08\/chris-ferguson-and-the-myth-of-video-game-violence\/\">violent video games inspire violent behavior<\/a>, James D.Sauer, Aaron Drummond, Julia Kneer, and Emily Lowe-Calverleyb, the study \u201cexplored the degree to which sexualization in games was related to both well-being\/body dissatisfaction and sexism\/misogyny among players in two separate meta-analyses\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170475\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170475\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7ac0d3014-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7ac0d3014-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7ac0d3014-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7ac0d3014-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7ac0d3014-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015), Kojima Productions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/04\/28\/g4-sees-massive-loss-of-viewers-in-months-following-frosks-infamous-rant\/\">G4 Sees Massive Loss Of Viewers In Months Following Frosk\u2019s Infamous Rant<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In doing so, the team reportedly found \u201cthat sexualization in games was neither related to well-being\/body dissatisfaction nor sexism\/misogyny\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter designed studies, and those that showed less evidence for researcher expectancy effects (for sexism\/misogyny outcomes), tended to find less evidence for effects,\u201d they explained. \u201cAs appears commonly in other realms of media effects, the evidence is weak that sexualized games influence player attitudes and behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170476\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7ac71ca09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7ac71ca09.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7ac71ca09-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7ac71ca09-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7ac71ca09-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy (2018), SNK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Psychology-centric news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psypost.org\/2022\/06\/sexualized-video-games-are-not-causing-harm-to-male-or-female-players-according-to-new-research-63388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PsyPost<\/a> explains that these conclusions were derived from a \u201cmeta-analysis\u201d of eighteen other studies, all measuring the results of exposing a subject to video games both featuring and lacking sexualized content.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen of these measured aggression toward women along with \u201csexist attitudes,\u201d while ten measured factors involved with depression, body image, or anxiety.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170466\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170466\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-07.01-boundingintocomics-62bf4471ab251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1234\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-07.01-boundingintocomics-62bf4471ab251.png 1234w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-07.01-boundingintocomics-62bf4471ab251-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-07.01-boundingintocomics-62bf4471ab251-768x429-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (2017), Square Enix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/06\/09\/street-fighter-fans-divided-over-whether-chun-lis-new-design-is-a-politically-correct-regression-or-a-beautiful-upgrade\/\">Street Fighter Fans Divided Over Whether Chun-Li\u2019s New Design Is A Politically Correct Regression Or A Beautiful Upgrade<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to PsyPost, Ferguson prefaced, \u201cI\u2019ve been studying the effects of video games on players for two decades now, most of it on violence. I think most people have come to accept that there\u2019s no relationship between violent video games and aggression or violent crime (despite some holdouts including the [American Psychological Association]).\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170469\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170469\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-07.10-boundingintocomics-62bf46b0e9675.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1232\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-07.10-boundingintocomics-62bf46b0e9675.png 1232w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-07.10-boundingintocomics-62bf46b0e9675-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-07.10-boundingintocomics-62bf46b0e9675-768x431-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Fire Emblem Fates (2015), Nintendo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHowever, people still ask a lot of questions about sexualization and whether games either make male players more sexist toward women or whether women players experience more body dissatisfaction and other well-being concerns,\u201d Ferguson dismayed. \u201cIt\u2019s a much smaller research field than the violence field, so we hoped to bring some clarity to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(As alluded to by Ferguson, the theory that video games cause real life violence has been debunked in three studies <a href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/yet-another-study-concludes-gaming-does-not-cause-violence-below-threshold-for-even-a-small-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from<\/a> <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32777188\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32777188\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">2020<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 one being a self-declared \u201c<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/oxford-researchers-declare-no-link-between-violent-video-games-and-aggressive-teens-in-definitive-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/oxford-researchers-declare-no-link-between-violent-video-games-and-aggressive-teens-in-definitive-study\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">definitive<\/a>\u201d study from Oxford University \u2013 along with studies from <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10964-019-01069-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10964-019-01069-0\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">2019<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamezone.com\/news\/study-finds-no-link-between-long-term-playing-of-violent-video-games-increased-aggression-3451526\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.gamezone.com\/news\/study-finds-no-link-between-long-term-playing-of-violent-video-games-increased-aggression-3451526\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">2017<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/xGZ9P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/xGZ9P\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">two<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/study-fails-to-prove-early-exposure-to-violent-games-creates-disturbed-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/study-fails-to-prove-early-exposure-to-violent-games-creates-disturbed-people\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">2016<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/be-aggressive-recent-apa-video-game-study-on-violence-fails-to-find-anything\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/be-aggressive-recent-apa-video-game-study-on-violence-fails-to-find-anything\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">2015<\/a>, and\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christopherjferguson.com\/CJBGames.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.christopherjferguson.com\/CJBGames.pdf\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">2008<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_164597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.05.24-10.17-boundingintocomics-628cb0afcaea0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1235\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.05.24-10.17-boundingintocomics-628cb0afcaea0.png 1235w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.24-10.17-boundingintocomics-628cb0afcaea0-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.05.24-10.17-boundingintocomics-628cb0afcaea0-768x431-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-164597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Prison Princess (2020), qureate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/05\/27\/amazing-princess-sarah-key-art-cleavage-censored-in-playstation-4-launch-trailer\/\">Amazing Princess Sarah Key Art Cleavage Censored In PlayStation 4 Launch Trailer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, the \u2018moral panic\u2019 over video games and sexualization is pretty much following the \u2018paint-by-numbers\u2019 pattern of the video game [violence] debate,\u201d he continued. \u201cLots of hyperbole and moral outrage, but very little evidence that video games are causing any \u2018harm\u2019 to either male or female players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a purely \u2018public health\u2019 issue, this doesn\u2019t appear to be much of a concern at all,\u201d Ferguson condemned. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean people can\u2019t advocate for better representations of females in games. They just need to be cautious not to make claims of \u2018harm\u2019 that can be easily debunked, thereby calling into question what might otherwise be reasonable advocacy goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170478\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7aca91504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7aca91504.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7aca91504-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7aca91504-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-10.52-boundingintocomics-62bf7aca91504-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (2015), Square Enix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking to the papers the team analyzed, Ferguson said of their quality, \u201cthe major caveat is simply that many of the studies just aren\u2019t very good. The good news is that the higher quality studies were less likely to find evidence for negative effects than lower quality studies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some cases, scholars probably interjected their personal moral opinions into the studies, if unintentionally,\u201d he proposed. \u201cGranted it\u2019s still a fairly small research area, but this initial data has been so underwhelming that I\u2019m not sure there\u2019s much to be mined here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170438\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170438\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.14-boundingintocomics-62bf1d491c9a6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.14-boundingintocomics-62bf1d491c9a6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.14-boundingintocomics-62bf1d491c9a6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.14-boundingintocomics-62bf1d491c9a6-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 (2006), Koei Tecmo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/06\/03\/the-house-in-fata-morgana-author-pushes-back-after-western-localizer-boasts-of-rejecting-inward-knee-female-character-designs-for-being-unnatural\/\">The House In Fata Morgana Author Pushes Back After Western Localizer Boasts Of \u201cRejecting\u201d Inward-Knee Female Character Designs For Being \u201cUnnatural\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, we go through these cycles of blaming media for social problems,\u201d Ferguson reminded. \u201cAt least with fictional media, the evidence often reveals that we\u2019re probably scapegoating media and fiction rarely causes social problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, to be fair, advocating for better representation of females in games can be a worthy cause even if the games don\u2019t cause harmful effects,\u201d he concluded. \u201cI support those efforts, just hope advocates don\u2019t misrepresent the evidence as a part of their efforts (which, unfortunately, is all too common among advocacy groups).\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170439\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.27-boundingintocomics-62bf207472e2c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1092\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.27-boundingintocomics-62bf207472e2c.png 1092w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.27-boundingintocomics-62bf207472e2c-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.27-boundingintocomics-62bf207472e2c-768x430-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Fire Emblem Awakening (2013), Nintendo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite these findings \u2013 and the overall results being an already common point of understanding among players \u2013\u00a0 these outcry cycles over sexism in video games have resulted in numerous instances of censorship.<\/p>\n<p>For example, In October 2018, a developer working for Japanese studio light claimed Sony Interactive Entertainment was demanding them and other Japanese studios to <a href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/new-sony-censorship-policy-is-forcing-even-japanese-developers-to-censor-themselves-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censor sexual content<\/a> in their games.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_107429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107429\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.01.03-03.37-boundingintocomics-5ff13c14cf35d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.01.03-03.37-boundingintocomics-5ff13c14cf35d.png 750w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2021.01.03-03.37-boundingintocomics-5ff13c14cf35d-300x160.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-107429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story (2020), Top Hat Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/03\/17\/resurfaced-review-accuses-doom-eternal-of-sexism-and-transphobia-because-theres-no-sex-and-no-women\/\">Resurfaced Review Accuses Doom Eternal Of Sexism And Transphobia Because \u201cThere\u2019s No Sex And No Women\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During a PlayStation event that December, Sony Interactive Japan Asia President Atsushi Morita was asked about how the alleged policy would balance with freedom of expression, to which he explained, \u201cAbout the censorship, we tried to <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/sony-japan-president-new-censorship-policies-on-sexual-themes-are-to-meet-global-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/sony-japan-president-new-censorship-policies-on-sexual-themes-are-to-meet-global-standards\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">meet global standards<\/a>.\u201d \u201cRegarding the balance of the freedom of expression and safety for children, it\u2019s a tough problem to deal with,\u201d he admitted in follow-up.<\/p>\n<p>A Sony spokeswoman <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/sony-now-internally-regulates-sexual-content-in-video-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/sony-now-internally-regulates-sexual-content-in-video-games\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">confirmed the existence<\/a> of this policy in 2019, justifying its existence by citing the rise of not just the Me Too movement, but also the increasing popularity of video game streaming on YouTube and Twitch.<\/p>\n<p>This censorship was even afflicted upon games explicitly designed to be fan-service heavy. So much so that it led Senran Kagura producer Kenichiro Takaki <a href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/kenichiro-takaki-leaves-marvelous-still-producer-on-senran-kagura\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to leave Marvelous<\/a> later that same year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_150010\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150010\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.02.15-10.59-boundingintocomics-620c305eba39c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.02.15-10.59-boundingintocomics-620c305eba39c.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022.02.15-10.59-boundingintocomics-620c305eba39c-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.02.15-10.59-boundingintocomics-620c305eba39c-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-150010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Senran Kagura Estival Versus (2015), Marvelous Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, it\u2019s not just Sony who have taken a stance against sexual content in video games, especially when they feature an anime art-style. Series such as <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2019\/02\/15\/mortal-kombat-11-abandons-female-sex-appeal-radically-changes-jade-skarlet-and-sonya-character-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mortal Kombat<\/a> and Tomb Raider notably de-sexualized their characters in recent entries, while Capcom censored R.Mika\u2019s butt-slapping taunt in <a href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/report-capcom-censored-female-characters-in-street-fighter-v-to-avoid-offending-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Street Fighter V<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_170437\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170437\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.01-boundingintocomics-62bf1a6611c8f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1234\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.01-boundingintocomics-62bf1a6611c8f.png 1234w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.01-boundingintocomics-62bf1a6611c8f-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.01-04.01-boundingintocomics-62bf1a6611c8f-768x431-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-170437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Street Fighter V (2016), Capcom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EVO Japan 2019 saw organizers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/evo-cuts-livestream-over-dead-or-alive-6-ad-says-it-does-not-reflect-their-core-values\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cut the livestream<\/a> of a demonstration of Dead or Alive 6, when director Yohei Shimbori demonstrated the game\u2019s photo mode in a lewd manner, while two real-life models demonstrating the game\u2019s jiggle physics \u201cin real life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commentators stated upon returning that the footage \u201cdoes not reflect the content or intention of EVO.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_143904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143904\" class=\"size-full wp-image-143904\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.01.05-04.29-boundingintocomics-61d5c7782da88.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.01.05-04.29-boundingintocomics-61d5c7782da88.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022.01.05-04.29-boundingintocomics-61d5c7782da88-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.01.05-04.29-boundingintocomics-61d5c7782da88-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-143904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Dead or Alive 6 (2019), Koei Tecmo Games<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tifa Lockhart notably had a sports bra under her iconic tank top in Final Fantasy VII Remake.<\/p>\n<p>Director Tetsuya Nomura later confessed that Tifa\u2019s bust size was limited due to a mandate from Square Enix\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2019\/06\/19\/final-fantasy-vii-remake-director-tetsuya-nomura-confirms-edits-to-tifa-and-the-honey-bee-inn-due-to-ethics-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ethics department<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152147\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.03.05-05.06-boundingintocomics-6222efc26bb43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.03.05-05.06-boundingintocomics-6222efc26bb43.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022.03.05-05.06-boundingintocomics-6222efc26bb43-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.03.05-05.06-boundingintocomics-6222efc26bb43-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.03.05-05.06-boundingintocomics-6222efc26bb43-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-152147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Final Fantasy VII: Remake (2020), Square Enix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The list of re-designs and censorship of sexual content in video games over the last five years or so \u2013 not including allegations of western studios intentionally designing female characters to be unattractive or localizers censoring scenes of that could even potentially offend women \u2013 or so is almost endless.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, the VR release of Resident Evil 4 received numerous cuts to its script in order to, as explained by a <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/10\/22\/facebook-confirms-resident-evil-4-vr-censorship-was-done-in-effort-to-update-the-game-for-a-modern-audience\/\">Facebook spokesperson<\/a>, \u201cupdate the game for a modern audience\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_133429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133429\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.10.01-08.01-boundingintocomics-6157690247d08.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.10.01-08.01-boundingintocomics-6157690247d08.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.10.01-08.01-boundingintocomics-6157690247d08-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.10.01-08.01-boundingintocomics-6157690247d08-1340x670-1.jpeg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.10.01-08.01-boundingintocomics-6157690247d08-768x384-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.10.01-08.01-boundingintocomics-6157690247d08-480x240-1.jpeg 480w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-133429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Capcom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/10\/04\/capcom-heavily-censors-dialogue-in-resident-evil-4-vr\/\">an insider who leaked<\/a> these edits ahead of the game\u2019s released claimed it was done out of fear that the content\u2019s inclusion would result in social media backlash.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it may be this fear of being branded sexist by the outrage mob that has led these companies, all of whom could have cited a 2015 study that said <a href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/a-new-study-reveals-that-video-games-dont-make-you-sexist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video games don\u2019t make people sexist<\/a> or simply ignored the offended\u2019s demands, to instead choose to kowtow at the first signs of trouble.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135290\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.10.22-01.16-boundingintocomics-617210daedf36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.10.22-01.16-boundingintocomics-617210daedf36.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.10.22-01.16-boundingintocomics-617210daedf36-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.10.22-01.16-boundingintocomics-617210daedf36-768x424-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-135290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Capcom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/02\/18\/kotaku-hates-lost-arks-sexy-outfits-despite-western-release-already-being-censored\/\">Kotaku Hates Lost Ark\u2019s Sexy Outfits Despite Western Release Already Being Censored<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, there are those pushing back.<\/p>\n<p>PlatinumGames has kept Bayonetta shamelessly sexy \u2013 as intended by her female designer, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.platinumgames.com\/official-blog\/article\/6631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mari Shimazaki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By ignoring accusations of sexism and sticking to the intended vision of series director Hideki Kamiya, the studio was able to produce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/pc\/bayonetta\">two<\/a> quality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/switch\/bayonetta-2\">titles<\/a> that have been well received by both fans and critics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_148946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148946\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.02.08-08.06-boundingintocomics-6202249f7f780.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.02.08-08.06-boundingintocomics-6202249f7f780.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022.02.08-08.06-boundingintocomics-6202249f7f780-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.02.08-08.06-boundingintocomics-6202249f7f780-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-148946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bayonetta 2 (2014), PlatinumGames<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Top Hat Studios also caught flack for Sense: A Cyperpunk Ghost Story, a game set in a future where body modification, and as such hyper-sexualized appearances, have become the norm.<\/p>\n<p>However, in response, the developers stated that they would \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/01\/02\/top-hat-studios-categorically-and-absolutely-refuse-calls-to-censor-sense-a-cyperpunk-ghost-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">categorically and absolutely refuse<\/a>\u201d to censor the game, even going so far as to share a number of abusive messages and gas-lighting attempts leveled against them by \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nichegamer.com\/top-hat-studios-share-receipts-of-sense-a-cyberpunk-ghost-story-abuse-and-gaslighting-from-industry-adjacent-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">industry-adjacent people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_107425\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107425\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.01.03-03.37-boundingintocomics-5ff13c09124f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.01.03-03.37-boundingintocomics-5ff13c09124f1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.01.03-03.37-boundingintocomics-5ff13c09124f1-225x300-1.jpg 225w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-107425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story (2020), Top Hat Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amid rumors Tales of Arise would be censored on PlayStation, Bandai Namco was compelled to state the game <a href=\"https:\/\/thesplintering.com\/2021\/08\/19\/tales-of-arise-reportedly-uncensored-on-playstation-ps4-ps5-is-bandai-namco-lying-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wouldn\u2019t be censored on any platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_128805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128805\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.08.18-08.55-boundingintocomics-611d73d43d380.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.08.18-08.55-boundingintocomics-611d73d43d380.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021.08.18-08.55-boundingintocomics-611d73d43d380-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.08.18-08.55-boundingintocomics-611d73d43d380-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021.08.18-08.55-boundingintocomics-611d73d43d380-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-128805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Tales of Arise Girls\u2019 Beach Time Pack (2021), Bandai Namco<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you make of this study\u2019s results? Let us know your thoughts on social media and in the comments down below!<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/06\/27\/paramount-ceo-says-streaming-service-will-not-remove-old-content-some-may-find-offensive-its-all-on-demand-you-dont-have-to-watch-anything-you-dont-want\/\">Paramount CEO Says Streaming Service Will Not Remove Old Content Some May Find Offensive: \u201cIt\u2019s All On Demand \u2013 You Don\u2019t Have To Watch Anything You Don\u2019t Want To\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the results of a recent study, psychologists have found that the \u201cevidence is weak that sexualized games influence player attitudes and behavior.\u201d Source: Tomb Raider II (1997), Eidos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1536494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1536252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1536252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1536494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1536252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1536252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}