r/BatmanArkham • u/inkmasterfnYTalt • Jul 22 '26

Serious Discussion/Question Why do thugs in arkham city constantly threaten catwoman with r@pe

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Started playing arkham city again and I keep hearing over sexual voice lines when I play at cat woman such as "we want to see wants under that costume"and "haven't seen a woman in years" and yeah shes attractive obv but like what the fuck

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u/ProtoformX87 Jul 22 '26

Well… they’re criminals.

She’s an attractive woman.

She’s daring to interfere with their business (which that tier of criminal element WILL interpret as a threat to their authority/manhood).

Given the life choices that have led them to this point, it’s unlikely they have healthy emotional coping mechanisms in place, so it feels better to threaten or attack the source of their discomfort.

Given the rough life they live, they’re absolutely gonna go for shock factor.

Sex feels good. Humans are one of three (I think) species of mammal that are known to have sex because it feels good, not just for the sake of reproduction. So if they can get laid out of it, and they already don’t follow the laws of society…

Need I go on?

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u/Herbernardus Jul 24 '26

Yeah it's realistic but that doesn't necessarily justify the choice to include it in the game. What would also probably happen in a situation like arkham city, is inmates raping each other, like what happens in real prisons. It would be pretty weird to include that though, despite it being realistic. The developers still chose to put rapey dialogue in the game and I thinks it's fair to question and criticize that.

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u/ProtoformX87 Jul 24 '26

The violence and murder threats are fine though. Right?