GTA 5: We Should all be Worried About GTA's Strip Clubs

1. Higher Question 2: What skills are you being examined on? GTA 5: We Should all be Worried About GTA's Strip Clubs • In groups: • Discuss and annotate the picture and headline. • Use the criteria to ensure you are covering the skills. • Your final response will link to the article, just complete the presentational analysis first.

2. GTA 5: We Should all be Worried About GTA's Strip Clubs "It's just a bit of fun," say the men who grope women in nightclubs. "They like it. They want it really. It's only for a laugh." For these men, sexual harassment is like a parlour game. The rules are simple: Grab some boobs. Grab some bums. Don't get caught by the bouncers. If they get a gin and tonic poured on them, or slapped around the face, they'll consider it playful joshing. "It's not as if we're hurting people," they'll say. "If she didn't want it, she wouldn't be dressed like that.“ Grand Theft Auto 5 encourages this kind of behaviour. If you go to a strip club and pay for a private dance, it starts a mini-game where you have to touch and grope the dancer without getting seen by security. I'm serious. You switch to a first-person viewpoint, and just past the stripper is a little doorway where, occasionally, a bouncer will walk by. You wait for him to turn away. Then, you hold R2 to start running your hands over the lap-dancer. If he comes back, you have to let go of the button before he sees you. If you do get caught, you get thrown out of the club. Holding the button down slowly fills a meter indicating how much this stripper likes you. If you grope her enough without getting caught, she'll invite you back to her house, where you'll have sex. She'll also offer discount lap-dances in the future. Let me reiterate. In Grand Theft Auto 5, there's a mini-game where you have to touch a woman in secret. Playing it successfully, i.e. not get caught by her security detail, and you will be allowed to take the woman home and have sex with her. And this game cleared $800 million in one day. Men with delusions about sexual harassment are playing GTA 5 now and the game is assuring them that their behaviour is okay. It's telling them that not only are they able to touch women in clubs, but in actual fact, if they do it enough, the women will sleep with them. Before you ask (or before you head to the comment section to try and defend this bullshit) there is no critical eye here - there is no satire. You go to the club. You grope the woman. You have sex. And it is cool. There's no humour, no irony. It is just that straightforward. You grope the woman. And you get away with it. There's a rigid risk-and-reward system in place. Dodging the bouncer and timing your groping is tricky, but if you manage it, you unlock a bonus sex scene as well as some small gameplay benefits. It's dangerous. This kind of behaviour violates people's rights. It marginalises women in their personal and professional lives. In some cases, it leads to rape. A final point. I found a YouTube video explaining how to get the strippers to have sex with you. Two days after GTA 5's launch, it had 80,000 views.

3. GTA 5: We Should all be Worried About GTA's Strip Clubs Question 4 What skills are you being examined on? How many marks is this question worth? "It's just a bit of fun," say the men who grope women in nightclubs. "They like it. They want it really. It's only for a laugh." For these men, sexual harassment is like a parlour game. The rules are simple: Grab some boobs. Grab some bums. Don't get caught by the bouncers. If they get a gin and tonic poured on them, or slapped around the face, they'll consider it playful joshing. "It's not as if we're hurting people," they'll say. "If she didn't want it, she wouldn't be dressed like that.“ Grand Theft Auto 5 encourages this kind of behaviour. If you go to a strip club and pay for a private dance, it starts a mini-game where you have to touch and grope the dancer without getting seen by security. I'm serious. You switch to a first-person viewpoint, and just past the stripper is a little doorway where, occasionally, a bouncer will walk by. You wait for him to turn away. Then, you hold R2 to start running your hands over the lap-dancer. If he comes back, you have to let go of the button before he sees you. If you do get caught, you get thrown out of the club. Holding the button down slowly fills a meter indicating how much this stripper likes you. If you grope her enough without getting caught, she'll invite you back to her house, where you'll have sex. She'll also offer discount lap-dances in the future. Let me reiterate. In Grand Theft Auto 5, there's a mini-game where you have to touch a woman in secret. Playing it successfully, i.e. not get caught by her security detail, and you will be allowed to take the woman home and have sex with her. And this game cleared $800 million in one day. Men with delusions about sexual harassment are playing GTA 5 now and the game is assuring them that their behaviour is okay. It's telling them that not only are they able to touch women in clubs, but in actual fact, if they do it enough, the women will sleep with them. Before you ask (or before you head to the comment section to try and defend this bullshit) there is no critical eye here - there is no satire. You go to the club. You grope the woman. You have sex. And it is cool. There's no humour, no irony. It is just that straightforward. You grope the woman. And you get away with it. There's a rigid risk-and-reward system in place. Dodging the bouncer and timing your groping is tricky, but if you manage it, you unlock a bonus sex scene as well as some small gameplay benefits. It's dangerous. This kind of behaviour violates people's rights. It marginalises women in their personal and professional lives. In some cases, it leads to rape. A final point. I found a YouTube video explaining how to get the strippers to have sex with you. Two days after GTA 5's launch, it had 80,000 views.

4. GTA 5: We Should all be Worried About GTA's Strip Clubs Question 4 (16 Marks) "It's just a bit of fun," say the men who grope women in nightclubs. "They like it. They want it really. It's only for a laugh." For these men, sexual harassment is like a parlour game. The rules are simple: Grab some boobs. Grab some bums. Don't get caught by the bouncers. If they get a gin and tonic poured on them, or slapped around the face, they'll consider it playful joshing. "It's not as if we're hurting people," they'll say. "If she didn't want it, she wouldn't be dressed like that.“ Grand Theft Auto 5 encourages this kind of behaviour. If you go to a strip club and pay for a private dance, it starts a mini-game where you have to touch and grope the dancer without getting seen by security. I'm serious. You switch to a first-person viewpoint, and just past the stripper is a little doorway where, occasionally, a bouncer will walk by. You wait for him to turn away. Then, you hold R2 to start running your hands over the lap-dancer. If he comes back, you have to let go of the button before he sees you. If you do get caught, you get thrown out of the club. Holding the button down slowly fills a meter indicating how much this stripper likes you. If you grope her enough without getting caught, she'll invite you back to her house, where you'll have sex. She'll also offer discount lap-dances in the future. Let me reiterate. In Grand Theft Auto 5, there's a mini-game where you have to touch a woman in secret. Playing it successfully, i.e. not get caught by her security detail, and you will be allowed to take the woman home and have sex with her. And this game cleared $800 million in one day. Men with delusions about sexual harassment are playing GTA 5 now and the game is assuring them that their behaviour is okay. It's telling them that not only are they able to touch women in clubs, but in actual fact, if they do it enough, the women will sleep with them. Before you ask (or before you head to the comment section to try and defend this bullshit) there is no critical eye here - there is no satire. You go to the club. You grope the woman. You have sex. And it is cool. There's no humour, no irony. It is just that straightforward. You grope the woman. And you get away with it. There's a rigid risk-and-reward system in place. Dodging the bouncer and timing your groping is tricky, but if you manage it, you unlock a bonus sex scene as well as some small gameplay benefits. It's dangerous. This kind of behaviour violates people's rights. It marginalises women in their personal and professional lives. In some cases, it leads to rape. • Highlight four language choices/devices in this article. • Next to each device EXPLAIN, in detail, what you understand about the text. • For each language choice, analyse HOW the writer has achieved their effect. A final point. I found a YouTube video explaining how to get the strippers to have sex with you. Two days after GTA 5's launch, it had 80,000 views.

5. Grand Theft Auto V, one of the most eagerly-anticipated video game releases is expected to smash sales records after going on sale worldwide today. Stores across the UK opened their doors at midnight for the special launch of Grand Theft Auto V, which reportedly cost around £170 million to make and market and retails at £35.Online seller Amazon has already sold out of the game and copies have started appearing on eBay, with some sellers asking in excess of £90 for the standard version and £170 for the Collector's Edition. Experts estimate it could generate £1 billion during its first year on sale when gamers are predicted to snap up some 25 million copies - breaking current records. Grand Theft Auto V has received rave reviews from critics across the board who have labelled it 'one of the very best video games ever made.' But the launch of the latest iteration in the Grand Theft Auto series has not gone as smoothly as planned. The Scottish creator Rockstar launched an investigation into whether copies of the game were dispatched days ahead of its official release.Some gamers claimed to have received their copies as early as Friday following Amazon deliveries.Fans expressed their delight on Twitter where one user wrote: 'Thank you Mum and Amazon GTA 5 here today. So excited.'Another joked: 'I refuse to disclose whether Amazon has dispatched my pre-order copy of GTA early in case it prevents them from doing so again in the future.‘ Edinburgh-based Rockstar said it was looking into how any copies of the game may have been released early. Tom Butler, social media editor of gaming site IGN.com, said thousands of workers have taken the day off for the launch or plan on calling in sick. 'Grand Theft Auto V will be the biggest entertainment launch of the year and possibly all-time with levels of consumer anticipation outstripping Harry Potter and Twilight,' he said. 'With gamers queuing at midnight to be among the first to play and the developer boasting thousands of hours of game play, there's no surprise that we're likely to see an outbreak of GTA flu this September.'

6. Grand Theft Auto V, one of the most eagerly-anticipated video game releases is expected to smash sales records after going on sale worldwide today. Stores across the UK opened their doors at midnight for the special launch of Grand Theft Auto V, which reportedly cost around £170 million to make and market and retails at £35.Online seller Amazon has already sold out of the game and copies have started appearing on eBay, with some sellers asking in excess of £90 for the standard version and £170 for the Collector's Edition. Experts estimate it could generate £1 billion during its first year on sale when gamers are predicted to snap up some 25 million copies - breaking current records. Grand Theft Auto V has received rave reviews from critics across the board who have labelled it 'one of the very best video games ever made.' But the launch of the latest iteration in the Grand Theft Auto series has not gone as smoothly as planned. The Scottish creator Rockstar launched an investigation into whether copies of the game were dispatched days ahead of its official release.Some gamers claimed to have received their copies as early as Friday following Amazon deliveries.Fans expressed their delight on Twitter where one user wrote: 'Thank you Mum and Amazon GTA 5 here today. So excited.'Another joked: 'I refuse to disclose whether Amazon has dispatched my pre-order copy of GTA early in case it prevents them from doing so again in the future.‘ Edinburgh-based Rockstar said it was looking into how any copies of the game may have been released early. Tom Butler, social media editor of gaming site IGN.com, said thousands of workers have taken the day off for the launch or plan on calling in sick. 'Grand Theft Auto V will be the biggest entertainment launch of the year and possibly all-time with levels of consumer anticipation outstripping Harry Potter and Twilight,' he said. 'With gamers queuing at midnight to be among the first to play and the developer boasting thousands of hours of game play, there's no surprise that we're likely to see an outbreak of GTA flu this September.' Compare the ways language is used for effect in the two texts Question 4 (16 Marks) • Highlight four language choices/devices in this article. • Next to each device EXPLAIN, in detail, what you understand about the text. • For each language choice, analyse HOW the writer has achieved their effect.

7. Compare the ways language is used for effect in the two texts Question 4 (16 Marks) The writer uses sarcasm to show his dislike of men’s attitudes towards sexism. “It’s just a bit of fun.” From the context, we can tell he’s not serious , he is mocking them and this sensationalism is designed to shock the reader. He also uses statistics to convince the reader that they should not play this game. You have 3 mins to give the response a band. PEE DISCOURSE MARKER PEE

8. Compare the ways language is used for effect in the two texts Question 4 (16 Marks) Both of the these texts are heavily steeped in opinion, with the first text being used to portray the author’s opinion of GTA5 as a sexist game whereas the author of the second text attempts to show GTA5 as one of the best games ever. The purpose of the first text is to highlight men’s poor treatment of women and how the game is inappropriate, the other text tries to show how the game is expected to outsell any other game. You have 3 mins to give this response a band. PEE DISCOURSE MARKER PEE

9. Compare the ways language is used for effect in the two texts Question 4 (16 Marks) In the articles, written about the new highly anticipated video game Grand Theft Auto 5, both for and against use statistics to help exaggerate what they say about the video game. For example, in the against article it mentions that these types of video games could lead to rape, which I personally think is over the top, whereas in the other text they are telling us how good it is. It says, “thousands of workers have taken the day off for the launch or plan on calling in sick.” You have 3 mins to give this response a band. PEE DISCOURSE MARKER PEE

10. Compare the ways language is used for effect in the two texts Question 4 (16 Marks) Both of the articles include statistics in order to support their argument however, the purposes are entirely different. Within source 1, the writer states that, “800 million dollars” should be made in the first day, he uses this to depict the seriousness of the issue at hand, whereas in article 2 the author says that “experts estimate it could generate 1 billion dollars” the purpose of this differs as the author tries to increase the hype and positive press the game receives in order to highlight how many others deem it as acceptable. You have 3 mins to give this response a band. PEE DISCOURSE MARKER PEE

11. Compare the ways language is used for effect in the two texts Question 4 (16 Marks) In source 2, the article expresses the excitement and build up that the game GTA5 is receiving. The source uses facts and statistics to highlight the hype around the game for example, “£1 billion during its first year” and “25 million copies.” These are alarmingly big numbers and persuade the reader to make a purchase to be part of the record sales. By using these statistics, they reinforce the excitement the game is receiving and give the game a bigger label. However in source 1, the article exploring the darker side of the game, the writer uses repetition to persuade the reader not to buy the game. “Sexual harassment” is repeatedly used to put readers off buying the game. “Sexual harassment” has negative connotations, which many people are disgusted by in real life, so by using such a term the writer highlights the darker side of the game. You have 3 mins to give this response a band. PEE DISCOURSE MARKER PEE

12. Compare the ways language is used for effect in the two texts Question 4 (16 Marks) In source 2, the article informs the reader of the excitement the game GTA5 is generating. The source uses facts and statistics to highlight the hype around the game for example, “£1 billion during its first year” and “25 million copies.” These are alarmingly big numbers and suggest the game’s infinite popularity. However, in source 1, the anti-GTA5 article, the writer uses statistics to sarcastically point out how many people are buying such a violent game, “And this game cleared $800 million in one day.” The statistics highlight his concerns. PEE DISCOURSE MARKER PEE

13. Compare the ways language is used for effect in the two texts Question 4 (16 Marks) Source 2 aims to inform and promote the release of GTAV. The writer uses a series of facts and statistics such as “25 million copies” and “cost around £120 million to make”. Using these numbers not only increase the validity of the text but also indicates the popularity of the game subsequently encouraging readers to play the game. Alternatively, source 1 uses statistics but for a different purpose. The writer uses them to dissuade the reader from purchasing the game by sarcastically using the phrase “and this game cleared $800 million in one day.” Including the surprisingly high number increases the readers shock for how the game could possibly be worth this much due to its adult content unsuitable for younger gamers. PEE DISCOURSE MARKER PEE

14. Compare the ways language is used for effect in the two texts Question 4 (16 Marks) Now choose one of your paragraphs and improve it. You have approximately 6 minutes. You have 6 mins to improve your first response. PEE DISCOURSE MARKER PEE

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