Homosexuality in China: Rumbo to a unique masculinity that ends the characters 'effeminate'

China wants to protect your young people from the harmful influence of videogames and entertainment. As if it were a new pathogenic agent, from the country's government they have considered that too much fun is ending them. He was already surprised in the West the first restriction held over time that minors can devote to online video games, but more disappointing is still the new package of measures born in Beijing.

More than possible bass in school performance, what worries in China is birth rate . The population is aging and, paradoxically, the country that introduced the only child's policy now needs more children than ever. However, the motivation of the new laws is not the premise that young people will dedicate more hours to amatory arts. The situation is even more surreal: They pretend to avoid the 'similar influences ' who are making youth 'become homosexual' .

The notice has been published on the website of the China National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) where, as part of the plan to love the party and the country , the following is specified: A correct one will be established Aesthetic orientation of the program, strictly controlling the selection of guests and protagonists, the style of acting, makeup, costumes (...) To end to effeminate and abnormal aesthetics .

A real hunting of witches

The Chinese Government has been waging for several years a ruthless war against any behavior that considers censurable . Measures How to force censoring tattoos or hairstyles from some artists are part of the erosion caused by the indecent culture (BBC). A desire to fight against homosexuality as if it were the greatest of ethical evils. Censorship, of course, affected the men who carried these 'wisely associated with women's accessories.

The situation is affecting television programs, actresses, actors and in general Everything that is focused on the young public is being persecuted . Complete series disappear from the network before the complicity of companies such as Netease, Tencent or Weibo. There were thus the cases of Zhao Wei, in which the reasons that led to the 'development ' of him did not transcend to the public.

Collateral victims of the plan to end the dissident voices that disturb Chinese young people. Although for this type of measure we venture to say without fear of falling into the ethnocentrism that China lives in the 19th century, the Asian giant is part of the globalized world and the young population of Beijing shares hobbies with which he resides in a lost town in The Galician mountains. That means that, of course, video games also have to undergo ideological purification .

The owners of the world video game

The Chinese authorities called on Wednesday to representatives of Tencent and Netease for the implementation of the new regulations. The aforementioned time limit and other measures are combined with the need to abstain in the creation of effeminate male characters. A decision that, as explained by Geng Song, an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong, is because the aesthetic traits associated with the term are linked to physical and emotional weakness.

Both companies have a great influence on the world market and, although Tencent has been much more aggressive, Netease has also reached very important agreements. These are some of the most outstanding of both companies. In the case of Tencent accompanied by the percentage of property about these.

This situation could directly influence videogames in the West . Titles as League of Legends have adapted to some Chinese censorship practices avoiding showing skulls. A situation that did not prevent the homosexual relationship between two characters from the title universe was openly declared. Of course, without any kind of influence at the time of playing or explicit reference in the archives and with a story that came censored to China.

The evolution of events will surely take us back to the creation of exclusive games for China. However, there are global products already established that could change in the future . What will happen when Riot Games wants to launch aspects in League of Legends as Ezreal or Urgot guardians of the stars? Will they be considered too feminine by the Chinese government? How would these measures be commissioned with the international competitions of League of Legends? Will the developer leave to make this type of skins?

The restriction in China could be a step back worldwide if consumers are not prepared . Throughout the last years the cultural industry in general and that of the particular videogame have walked in favor of diversity, but with millions of euros in benefits at stake, large investors will not want to leave one of the most lucrative markets in the world . On collaboration with MGG France