I have to admit I’m also a little confused by the point being made here. Certainly, the game depicts discrimination, marginalization, and exploitation of women. No question about that. But I don’t see it as implicitly or explicitly condoning that attitude. The game contains a lot of objectionable, downright evil stuff the player or others can do in even the small segment already available. Murder, smuggling, armed robbery, assault, sale and consumption of illegal substances, concealing evidence of other crimes, and more can be performed or witnessed. It’s probably not a terribly difficult task to commit ten different felonies in the first chapter alone. But I see nothing in how the game presents this material that suggests it’s saying this is an acceptable way to behave, that these are ‘good’ choices, or that the world the game depicts is the way the world should be. I’m not sure what is seen as condoning the treatment of women that was prevalent in the time period depicted.
