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Article: Grand Theft Auto V and the Culture of Violence Against Women

Writer:  Malika Saada Saar (Executive Director, Human Right Project for Girls (Rights4Girls); Special Counsel on Human Rights for The Raben Group)

Summary:

The article states that GTA 5 includes a continuation of the violence and sexual denigration of women.  In GTA 5, a player can purchase a woman and girl to fulfill his sexual desire that he experiences in first person.  After purchasing the woman or girl, the player can choose to kill her to get back the money. Up to now, GTA 5 is one of the most popular and money making video game.  In addiction, the writer cites that GTA 5 be choosy for actually causing gendered violence, for example, if GTA 5 launch the video game in Cambodia, India or Nigeria, there would be global indignation.  It would serve as unequivocal evidence of their cultures in which female are systemically raped and murdered with impunity.

In my research, I decide to compare the interpretation of violence about the video game –GTA 5 between male adolescent and female adolescent.  Therefore, I will have interview two focus group, one is three male adolescent and the other one is three female adolescent.  Though the interview, I hope to find out whether their interpretation of violence in GTA 5 are different or they are the same.  According to the above article, it seems that women think that GTA 5 is a gendered violence video game, so they hope that GTA 5 should not launch or sell in their city.  Therefore, I can set the interview questions related to this article, for example, “do you think that GTA 5 should not sell in Hong Kong?” or “What do you think about gendered violence?”.  Also, I am going to invite my friend as my interviewer and the interview will be done within next two weeks.

Name: Tang yee ting
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