Twitch has mostly male viewers, many of them like watching sexy women, not so many like watching sexy men. Makes sense then that popular sexy content on twitch is mostly women.
I didn't realize that the audience skewed so heavily male (65%/35%). Since women are the majority of gamers, it really seems like leaving money on the table not to attract more women as viewers.
> women are the majority of gamers
you mean like all games?
ime twitch is mostly pc-gaming and pc-platform is male-heavy
The obvious solution then is to force the marketplace to crack down on sexualization, even the playing field so to speak.
Sure, but why stop at 'sexualization'. Surely mere good looks, for either sex, are an unfair advantage, or ripe for exploitation. An attractive, comforting voice? What about having something interesting to say?
I believe you have decided to start talking with a man of straw. Unless of course, there is no difference between simply existing while being attractive and sexuality for you.
Not wanting this on a website ostensibly aimed at children should be universally agreed upon. Obviously NSFW: https://arazu.io/t3_18mrp5s/
I know this may come as shock to some people, but cultural norms surrounding the modesty of women aren't just a patriarchical conspiracy to oppress women. They are a solution to this race to the bottom problem among women competing for mates. In the same way we have a cultural norm against stabbing people so the people who are best at stabbing don't kill all the other men, a culture of modesty prevents harlotry from being an effective strategy among women.
This is a sensitive topic, but an important one. I would like to engage in discussions, apologies in advance if any of this offends and makes people uncomfortable. I will try to learn and be respectful. First minor point - 3 million daily viewers worldwide is WAY less than I thought twitch has. We keep talking about gaming becoming mainstream, but 50+million people watched friends finale in USA alone. Twitch is not a…
> 3 million daily viewers worldwide is WAY less Twitch was suppose to be child friendly streaming service. Now it is soft-porn streaming site. So I assume kids (who like Minecraft, not porn) left and moved somewhere else. And other kids (who like porn) moved to some *hub that matches their preferences. Other points are kind of irrelevant. Bobie streamers are not harmed, are self-employed, and are "sexualizing" themse…
Well, given that Twitch is 13 years old, it also seems likely that many of the kids stayed on Twitch through puberty, and found new content (in addition to, or instead of, their Minecraft videos).
Sure, but why stop at 'sexualization'. Surely mere good looks, for either sex, are an unfair advantage, or ripe for exploitation. An attractive, comforting voice? What about having something interesting to say?
I believe you have decided to start talking with a man of straw. Unless of course, there is no difference between simply existing while being attractive and sexuality for you. Not wanting this on a website ostensibly aimed at children should be universally agreed upon. Obviously NSFW: https://arazu.io/t3_18mrp5s/
Where does the idea that Twitch is meant for/aimed at children come from?
It's really funny to me that because Twitch started as a game streamer, most of its ads are from big "clean" consumer brands. But usually there's (edited) 3x as many people streaming the softcore porn "Just Chatting" section as any individual game. The only reason Twitch still has these kind of big advertisers is because they havn't noticed what the platform actually is. I actually like Twitch as it is, I think it se…
This take just seems disconnected from reality. The advertisers know at some level what's going on there, but until the general public changes its view of what Twitch is, they can advertise there with zero consequences. If and when some scandal emerges about the sexualization of the content of Twitch, they can all publicly do their pearl clutching performance and pull their ads. And the idea that "most female streame…
I've worked with brand quality teams at big companies. I promise they would freak out if they knew, they care so much about dumb stuff like this.
Twitch has mostly male viewers, many of them like watching sexy women, not so many like watching sexy men. Makes sense then that popular sexy content on twitch is mostly women.
I didn't realize that the audience skewed so heavily male (65%/35%). Since women are the majority of gamers, it really seems like leaving money on the table not to attract more women as viewers.
>women are the majority of gamers
Only if you include the likes of Angry Birds and other casual phone games, none of which is streamed on Twitch.
Twitch is console and (as geraldhh said) PC gaming, which is mostly men.
This is a sensitive topic, but an important one. I would like to engage in discussions, apologies in advance if any of this offends and makes people uncomfortable. I will try to learn and be respectful. First minor point - 3 million daily viewers worldwide is WAY less than I thought twitch has. We keep talking about gaming becoming mainstream, but 50+million people watched friends finale in USA alone. Twitch is not a…
> "The sexualized representation of women in the media shapes gender attitudes, dehumanizes women, and legitimizes violence against them" Nah, that's total bullshit. Dehumanized by sex? That's literally what made us human! Immodesty is not violence.
The dehumanizing part is commercialing it. I am not saying I want it outlawed or banned, but like, it is very unromantic.
I know this may come as shock to some people, but cultural norms surrounding the modesty of women aren't just a patriarchical conspiracy to oppress women. They are a solution to this race to the bottom problem among women competing for mates. In the same way we have a cultural norm against stabbing people so the people who are best at stabbing don't kill all the other men, a culture of modesty prevents harlotry from…
I agree about what seems like a refusal to address concerns about the most fundamental social problems of civilizations. However, the fundamental problem to other women is that they don't charge enough, not that they charge.
> "The sexualized representation of women in the media shapes gender attitudes, dehumanizes women, and legitimizes violence against them" Nah, that's total bullshit. Dehumanized by sex? That's literally what made us human! Immodesty is not violence.
The dehumanizing part is commercialing it. I am not saying I want it outlawed or banned, but like, it is very unromantic.
What does romance have to do with sex? There is plenty of sex happening without it.