First of all, I should point out that sexism is not something that men do to women. Men do it to men, women do it to women. Everyone does it to everyone.
I appreciate you're disappointed that this research doesn't meet the highest scientific standards, but it's far more scientific than the moaning in this forum when anyone suggests... Well, anything at all. Swen confirmed in another post that they look at player data via the Early Access is order to get quantitative data on player behaviour. While I'm sure this is very useful, it certainly would be of a much lower scientific standard than the research I referred to.
I never claimed to represent the entire audience, but I an certainly one member of the audience. By telling me to "respect" the artist, you're not asking for respect, you're asking for silence. Any business that chooses to ignore feedback from customers does not respect it's customers. That doesn't mean they should bend over backwards to accommodate every demand, but they should be respectful of the feedback and give them a fair amount of consideration.
Also, I've criticised this posing as being disrespectful to people who believe that women should be more than just eye candy.
So, just jumping in here, but let me see if I got the gist going on here: - You criticize poses and armor models...mostly on the female models and with a marginal mention of male elves - You're specifically pointing to the unrealistic elements that "over sexualize" things while disregarding realism or just generally make no sense (ie Bikini Armor or Twig/leaf armor of elves) - People call you out and bring in SJW claims and generally try to invalidate/argue with your feed back on claims of the high fantasy elements and ultimately that the artists get final say or should get the only say in representing their ideal - Sexism discussions on the topic are brought in and how it's historically evident in such genres and so on - You used the old cover art for D:OS as an example of what you meant and how they "fixed" it after feedback - You are now calling out to the fact that your feedback as part of their audience is authentic as a customer and that all feedback should be considered
Is that the basically everything? Just want to make sure I understand before putting my two cents in.
EDIT: Let me preface that I don't agree with your original stances really but I respect your ability to give feedback and be listened to enough that I want to make sure that my own words on the topic are on point to the discussion(s) at hand
