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Video game creators really need to stop being so damn sexist

Video games are one of the most problematic parts of popular culture. We all know about the extreme violence, which is only a problem if you’re prone to violence. But they are also extremely racist, often excluding characters of color completely or permanently covering their skin in the ashes of their slaughtered wife and daughter. But the biggest problem I have with video game is that they’re incredibly sexist.

Back on December 7, The Department of Health and Human Services vetoed the FDA’s decision to allow the Plan B oral emergency contraceptive to be available to all women, without a prescription. From the reports I have seen the decision was a made because the FDA did not “’conclusively establish’ that Plan B could be used safely by the youngest girls.” In case you’re wondering, they’re specifically referring to 11.1 year-olds, which is the youngest age a girl is known to be capable of child bearing.

On one hand I think that the decision by DHHS was smart, you always want to make sure you have the best information when dealing with people’s health. But, I also think it’s idiotic to force thosefor whom the drug is safe, up to age 16, to get prescriptions.

Because the reason is semi-valid, I’m not going to puff up and get all angry. But it does make me wonder, when are we going to stop using children as a shortcut to blocking the freedoms of adults?