The whole nipple question is a product of centuries of cultural development and a couple of decades of MTV, and there’s huge variety even within specific cultures. However, since fighting Darfari women would probably want to control their bouncy bits too, I can live with the current choice of top. The sole exception to this being Darfari, who I could easily see going nude or wearing only a belt or something for their weapons, and maybe a loincloth to prevent sand and bugs from entering inconvenient body parts. For the most part I agree with that decision - fighting women would want to protect their vital areas, as well as prevent the bouncy bits from bouncing while fighting. Funcom simply decided that their version of aesthetics includes covering female nipples. This is why many video games, as well as miniature games, model “female armor” to look more feminine - players want to have that choice of gender, or play as one of the iconic characters in the game, and look like the guy/gal in question and not a generic sexless person in a suit of armor. Simple facts from the real world: men and women wearing armor look pretty much indistinguishable, whether it’s gambeson, mail, plate or modern tactical gear. What’s the reasoning behind a set of armour being different depending on which gender it’s place on? There’s so many cool armours that look great on male characters, but not so good on female characters, especially the Darfari Skin Chestpiece and the Hyperborean Slaver Waistguard.īased on your examples I’m sure you can guess what the reasoning behind the decision was. It’s the immoral behavior that often goes along with it. It was never nudity perse that was the problem. Europe was rife with brothels and prostitutes at the time and they wanted to get away from that kind of stuff. This is one of the many reasons they came here. In fact, after the wedding you were duty bound to do the deed and could be punished for not doing it. They were against sex outside of marriage. Contrary to popular belief though, they were not against sex. However, as you so cynically said, when it comes to nudity our moral values are founded on the more Puritan side of things. But to say that we’re all gung-ho about it just because we haven’t had a war on our own soil in the last century is disingenuous at best. Power is in the hands of the individual, which naturally means we’re going to be less squeamish about any kind of violence. Here in the U.S., we broke away from said ideologies, and shed a crap ton of blood to do it. Their people are far more dependent on the state for protection and safety, which in some cases has lead to downright paranoia when it comes to violence. Even if they have become more or less symbolic, that is the mindset behind how their governing system is set up. It just is what it is there.īut in the end, the resources involved, it’s just easier to go with what we have, rather than having to incorporate a lot of optional routes to accommodate varying tastes.Īctually it has more to do with the fact that their ideologies and beliefs put a lot more power behind the state. And they have cultures that do not shun nudity or treat it always having to be sexual. Because they’ve been through extreme wars, and seen that violence up close and personal. Parents in America are mostly garbage when it comes to actually stopping their kids from playing M-rated video games.Ĭonversely, in Europe, such graphic violence is censored. My cousin’s kid was under 10 years old when he got to play extremely violent games like Call of Duty Black Ops. But our children are given free reign over extremely graphic brutality on a regular basis. Thus in America, we get dumb things like censorship, even when the nudity is completely nonsexual in nature. Organized religion is trying to indoctrinate our kids from a very young age by encouraging each successive generation to be ashamed of ■■■ and anything associated with it. It’s ultimately a war, when you think about it. If you need an example, just go look at the Church Lady on the Simpsons, always screaming “Won’t someone please think of the children?”. This in turn leads to moronic censorship laws. Now, despite this being the 21st century, we are still a throwback, due to the fact that special interest groups gain political power by rallying behind specific candidates, who then push the religious agenda on the rest of the country. Thus we get witch trials, persecution, and all that other good stuff, based on these religions and religious beliefs. America was ultimately founded by religious fanatics.
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