The issue of sexism in video games has been going on for a long time. Similarly, Fox explains that "research has indicated that many video games and virtual worlds are populated with hypersexualized and unrealistic depictions of women." This shows how women have been sexualized in media that portrays them as self-objectifying. Jess explains in her research that "the hypersexualization of women in video games would lead to an increase in the acceptance of the rape myth." In one of Jess's experiments, he focused on the effects of avatar characteristics on women's experience of self-objectification. He found that female students exposed to oversexualized avatars in video games experienced a higher level of self-objectification than those exposed to non-sexualized avatars. Additionally, Jess explains how “self-objectification mediated the relationship between control of a sexualized avatar and subsequent level of RMA.” protagonist, this portrayal has a negative effect on the minds of our generation and the gender roles they identify with. Dill explains in his article Effects of Exposure to Sexually Stereotypical Video Game Characters on Sexual Harassment Tolerance that female video game characters are continually presented as beautiful, busty, scantily clad sex objects. This has been confirmed by many video game players that women have been presented as sexual objects. Dill further explains how women in video games are underrepresented and that games rarely depict female heroes. This shows that female characters have rarely been shown in video games, and if so, these female characters were not reflecting... middle of paper ...... or the way they dress . He concludes that online media and games can create and reinforce sexist behavior. These video games affect the child's identity and their perception of others. In conclusion, video games containing sexual themes are depicted in a more graphic manner. And video games that use the Damsel and Distress plot reduce women to victimhood. The way female characters dress in video games has reinforced gender stereotypes. Because most of these games show female characters wearing revealing clothing, which reduces their identities to simple sexual objects. However, the developer placed emphasis on the masculinity and physical power of the male character. The way these games portray female and male characters reinforces gender stereotypes. This can negatively affect the identity and perception of the person playing these games.,