Demand payment processors stop facilitating rape, incest + child abuse game sales!
It's hard to believe that any reputable corporation would desire to profit from the sale of products featuring rape, incest and abuse of children.
But we have discovered seven who are quite happy to take a cut from hundreds of rape, incest and child-abuse themed games which we've found on popular gaming platforms such as Steam and Itch.io.
And while we did get one vile rape and incest game - No Mercy - down from these platforms, unfortunately there are many more like it.
Our research has shown that many of these games would breach Australian classification laws. Most of the content found within the games, including the graphics and the developers descriptions are too distressing for us to include on our website. One of our team members has done extensive research using her Steam account and the content found includes violent sexual torture of women, and children including family members.
It's time to make credit card companies and payment gateways like PayPal, Visa and Mastercard, see that profiting from first player gamified violence against women and children isn't good for their reputation.
Your email today will help them get the message that profiting from simulated sexual violation of women and children doesn't pay.
Please email the companies below and tell them what you think.
We've put some points you can make here:
Rape and incest games:
- Reinforce male sexual entitlement to women and children's bodies
- Put women and girls at risk
- Fuel attitudes that perpetuate real crimes of violence against women
- Destroy empathy
Use this easy email button to send your message to these companies today. Remember it's more meaningful if you add in your own words. We will make more of an impact if each email is different.
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A supporter alerted us to Zepeto after an Instagram post warning parents about serious risks for kids. Rated for ages 12+, Zepeto – a “social networking” app – is available on Apple app store and Google Play.
Read more“Not real”, “freedom of expression”, “don’t like it, don’t play”: Responding to gamers defences of Steam rape game
UPDATE: Scroll down to see our response to Zerat Games (developer of No Mercy)
Earlier this week, we exposed 12+ gaming platform Steam hosting rape and incest-themed game No Mercy. In the game, players assume the persona of a man who rapes his female family members as revenge for his mother’s infidelity.
Following our complaint to the Australian Classifications Board, the game was taken down in Australia. Canada and the UK followed, and developer Zerat Games withdrew the game, while our petition hit over 70k signatures – all in less than a week!
In response to our campaign against the rape simulation game, we were subjected to harassment and abuse from gamers defending their access to it (and proving our point in the process). We respond to their arguments below.
Read more“You deserve to get raped”: Female gamer speaks out against rape, incest games and rampant misogyny in gamer community
During our campaign to get 3D pornographic rape and incest simulation game No Mercy off the Steam gaming platform, we heard from many female gamers distressed about the game. We have shared some of their stories already - gamers who were also survivors of sexual assault including incest. We have since discovered hundreds of other rape and incest-themed games on Steam, as well as a large number of child sexual abuse simulation games on Itch-io and other platforms. We’ve also learned that PayPal even facilitates and profits from their sale. As a result, our campaign against games which treat sexual violence as entertainment is ongoing.
Here’s Ashlea’s thoughts and experience as a female gamer.
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