Disagree. Not everyone has horrible urges that need safe outlets, and some actions in games are repugnant, even virtually. I remember reading a comment on reddit about someone who played RDR 2 and just randomly decided to kidnap a civilian by hog tying them and loading them up on a horse. They took them to a cliff bound, and tossed them off. For no reason whatsoever. And expected people to relate. It was repulsive, and made me feel extremely uncomfortable even reading about.
I love video games, but I don’t like realistic violence generally. It’s why I don’t play games like GTA and Manhunt, and why I only enjoy FPS games that involve fictional stuff like aliens and monsters (Doom, Halo).
Plus, multiple studies have proven that indulging in violent urges in games like Call of Duty and such actually leads to more aggression and violent impulse, not less.
Your suggested “safe outlet” is anything but. Young people need to be taught empathy and how to engage with their emotions and address them in a healthy fashion. Not indulge in virtual depravity when they feel bad.
Capable, yes, but why indulge it intentionally? That seems counterintuitive, and the studies I linked agree.
How does denial and repression represent “engaging with their emotions”?
We don’t teach young people, young men in particular, to engage with their feelings in healthy ways, and in many cases rely on violent outlets. In a sense, young men only learn two viable feelings: horny, and angry. Just look at what’s going on these days with young men, incels, red pillers, etc. We need to teach men that it’s okay to feel things, take time to process it, understand that having negative or painful feelings doesn’t make you weak, or bad. Repression is the opposite of what I’m talking about. Western society has practiced repression to the ill of men (and the adverse affect to women who engage with them, willfully or otherwise).
I didn’t mention anything about denial or repression in my original comment. Your response inferring that tells me more about you than the topic.
Of course we wanna believe in a world of good guys and bad guys. But that’s only real in Hollywood.
I didn’t mention good guys or bad guys, this isn’t hollywood shit. I’m talking about engaging with feelings and emotions in healthy, productive ways. It’s nothing to do with black and white thinking, it’s about mental health.
Disagree. Not everyone has horrible urges that need safe outlets, and some actions in games are repugnant, even virtually. I remember reading a comment on reddit about someone who played RDR 2 and just randomly decided to kidnap a civilian by hog tying them and loading them up on a horse. They took them to a cliff bound, and tossed them off. For no reason whatsoever. And expected people to relate. It was repulsive, and made me feel extremely uncomfortable even reading about.
I love video games, but I don’t like realistic violence generally. It’s why I don’t play games like GTA and Manhunt, and why I only enjoy FPS games that involve fictional stuff like aliens and monsters (Doom, Halo).
Plus, multiple studies have proven that indulging in violent urges in games like Call of Duty and such actually leads to more aggression and violent impulse, not less.
Your suggested “safe outlet” is anything but. Young people need to be taught empathy and how to engage with their emotions and address them in a healthy fashion. Not indulge in virtual depravity when they feel bad.
How does denial and repression represent “engaging with their emotions”?
Everyone is capable of darkness.
The worst things humans have done through all of history have been in the name of doing the right thing.
The reason seeing that darkness in others makes people so uncomfortable is it threatens their conceit that they’re above such things.
Of course we wanna believe in a world of good guys and bad guys. But that’s only real in Hollywood.
Capable, yes, but why indulge it intentionally? That seems counterintuitive, and the studies I linked agree.
We don’t teach young people, young men in particular, to engage with their feelings in healthy ways, and in many cases rely on violent outlets. In a sense, young men only learn two viable feelings: horny, and angry. Just look at what’s going on these days with young men, incels, red pillers, etc. We need to teach men that it’s okay to feel things, take time to process it, understand that having negative or painful feelings doesn’t make you weak, or bad. Repression is the opposite of what I’m talking about. Western society has practiced repression to the ill of men (and the adverse affect to women who engage with them, willfully or otherwise).
I didn’t mention anything about denial or repression in my original comment. Your response inferring that tells me more about you than the topic.
I didn’t mention good guys or bad guys, this isn’t hollywood shit. I’m talking about engaging with feelings and emotions in healthy, productive ways. It’s nothing to do with black and white thinking, it’s about mental health.