Huh . Would you take that deal ? I think not . <| sep |> The conclusion This game makes men more sexist is still a valid conclusion based on the data whether or not they explain why they believe GTA is sexist . It would then be on you toNot at all , because it doesn ' t show that . All it shows is that male players got less sympathetic towards images of female abuse victims after playing a game that lets you abuse people , relative to a game that only allows you to hurt alienszombies Half Life . It didn ' t check whether they also get less sympathetic towards images of male abuse victims , so it doesn ' t really prove anything . Furthermore , future studies should test whether the empathy reduction linked with violentsexist video games is specific to female violence victims or whether it extends to male violence victims . Future research should also examine video games with female characters that are not depicted in a sexualized manner . Sixth , we did not actually test whether feelings of empathy mediate aggression against women . As a first step , this study focused on empathy for female violence victims . Future studies should explore whether violentsexist video games also increase aggression against women . A . Explain why GTA isn ' t sexist andB . Explain why GTA would make men more sexist if it is not , itself , a sexist game . It ' s on them to explain why GTA is a sexist game , and as I said above , nowhere does the study make a case for anyone becoming more sexist . EDIT Actually , scratch all that , the study fucking describes sexist game as a game in whichwomen are secondary characters who are used as sexual objects by playersThe study says that all female characters in GTA are portrayed in a sexual manner , which isn ' t true . There isn ' t anything sexist about a video game having prostitutes in it , and a character being sexual isn ' t the same thing as that character being an object . That ' s an overly ideological conclusion . The study also trots out this old chestnut For example , after paying a prostitute for sex , players can kill her and get their money back . Rather than being punished for such behaviors , players are often rewarded e . g . , through points , extra health to their character , etc . . Which also isn ' t true . It ' s the exact same incorrect argument that has been used by people trying to censor video games for decades .