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corbyworld · 01-31-2013, 11:02 PM

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/...JlbGF0ZWQ-
Yahoo Games: Controversial app lets you beat up your boyfriend

Apple has a zero-tolerance policy for apps that contain nudity, and they're usually quick to shut down any that promote violence against women. But an app that encourages girls to abuse their significant other is apparently fair game.

Boyfriend Trainer, which is available in both the App Store and the Android market, lets players slap, electrocute, or mace a virtual boyfriend for what most people would call minor transgressions, including drinking their girlfriend’s drink or leaving his shirt on the ground.

"Crack that whip and teach your guy a thing or two about being the Perfect Boyfriend!" reads the game's description. "When scolding doesn’t work, just zap him, whack him and train him to be your ideal man!"

Players lead their boyfriend around on a leash (Credit: Games2Win)It's all cartoonish, of course. There's no actual violence, but what's shown on screen is fairly rough stuff. For instance, when the boyfriend eyes another girl at what appears to be a prom (or some other formal dance), the girlfriend/player whips out a can of mace and sprays it into his eyes as surrounding dancers laugh at his misfortune.

The game, rated for players aged 4 and up, also includes pithy advice as players begin each level. "Girlfriends don't like their boyfriends to look at other girls,” it instructs. “About time he got the message. Slap him silly!"

**victor.zen** · 01-31-2013, 11:16 PM

Shit.

**Morpheus** · 01-31-2013, 11:21 PM

*sigh*

I honestly struggle these days. I almost feel beaten down myself. Just misandry freaking everywhere. I just don't even go, thats bullshit anymore i just *sigh* like that robot from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. i just sigh and walk away

but then I come here, recharge, fire up the email account and get typing.
This is bullshit and an obvious breach of their own policy, I know because I have read it for an App I developed years ago.

corbyworld · 01-31-2013, 11:27 PM

And tha wimmins wonder why MGTOW...

They would scream bloody murder if the roles were reversed in this game. But beatin up guys is 'just good fun' to them, I guess.

I'm with you on the *sigh*, it's all just gone way, way too far.

It does give us something (endless examples) to point out in regards to claims of cultural misandry though.

Fenrisulfr · 02-01-2013, 02:47 AM

It's no wonder that this game is for Apple: the favourite electronics manufacturer of females and manginae.

zip · 02-01-2013, 02:59 AM

(01-31-2013 11:02 PM)corbyworld Wrote: http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/...JlbGF0ZWQ-

Apple has a zero-tolerance policy for apps that contain nudity, and they're usually quick to shut down any that promote violence against women.

If that is their policy, they have double standards. This kind of things goes on all the time everywhere. If somebody cuts somebodys penis it is really funny and everybody is laughing, but it is not funny if somebody does something crazy violent thing to women and it shouldnt be funny. Like violence against man shouldnt be joke.

The Unforgiven · 02-01-2013, 03:18 AM

How is a game that has a domestic abuse and a bit of a BDSM lifestyle theme, appropriate for 4 year olds?

Fenrisulfr · 02-01-2013, 04:14 AM

(02-01-2013 02:59 AM)zip Wrote: If that is their policy, they have double standards. This kind of things goes on all the time everywhere. If somebody cuts somebodys penis it is really funny and everybody is laughing, but it is not funny if somebody does something crazy violent thing to women and it shouldnt be funny. Like violence against man shouldnt be joke.

That is because men in this culture are demonised, and women never do anything wrong on their own: it's always something else's fault when they act up, or they blame it on PMS.

zip · 02-01-2013, 04:41 AM

(02-01-2013 04:14 AM)Fenrisulfr Wrote:
(02-01-2013 02:59 AM)zip Wrote: If that is their policy, they have double standards. This kind of things goes on all the time everywhere. If somebody cuts somebodys penis it is really funny and everybody is laughing, but it is not funny if somebody does something crazy violent thing to women and it shouldnt be funny. Like violence against man shouldnt be joke.

That is because men in this culture are demonised, and women never do anything wrong on their own: it's always something else's fault when they act up, or they blame it on PMS.

Women and their PMS, great excuse for some women to go mental.

Gruffalo · 02-01-2013, 05:23 AM

Interesting to see Jezebel decrying this app, although some of the comments in there just make me head-desk

http://jezebel.com/5979986/theres-an-iph...t=56785121

Even more interesting when you consider the comments in this article from 2007 that someone linked to. These comments make me head-desk to the centre of the fucking planet.

http://jezebel.com/294383/have-you-ever-...uh-we-have