Dear Tumblr. After restarting this 1000 times, I have to wonder. Is it sexist that Pokemon black automatically highlights the boy when you start as if to say “We know only boys play this game. If you’re a girl, that’s cool but this game is really for boys”?
Posted 5 years ago | 6 notes
art-anon answered: Or they COULD be defaulting to “boy” because ‘b’ comes before 'g’ and the options are listed in alphabetical order.
spincrit answered: …Doesn’t it highlight boy because it’s at the top of the list?
bag20 answered: the game devs had to pick one. I always assumed they chose alphabetically.
tggeko answered: Yes. Everything is sexist.
cheshiresdesires answered: You are just a victim of sexistic alphabet. “Boy” is before “Girl” same as “Man” is before “Woman”. Now you know.
oppa-homeless-style answered: No. It should have a sexless pokemon automatically highlighted. Voltorb needs to be the protagonist. It’s the only wat
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