lara croft

To try to deconstruct the character of Lara Croft and to process this analysis using gender critique is quite a feat. The complexity of this virtual character does not even conform to conventional modes in which the “Real Woman” per se is based. Upon examining the different images of Lara Croft, it is necessary to call into question ideas of reality, identity, gender, and representation. Strangers In the Myst of Video Gaming: Ethics and Representation …

…top, form-fitting shorts, gun-holsters strapped on her hips and thighs, and “enhanced” assets to male gamers should not be dismissed simplistically as among the primary reasons for popularity. It seems that we can associate certain articles of female attire or certain portions of the female body as objects of sexual desire, according to Fetish: Fashion, Sex, and Power. Perhaps we can attribute the fascination of male gamers with the phenomenon of Lara Croft to fetishism.