Sims 4 expands gender options with new top surgery scars and transgender ... trends now
A popular video game series which has an age rating of 12 has been slammed by critics after a recent update allowed for 'top surgery' scars that come from breast removal and chest binders to be added to characters.
The Sims 4 developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts (EA) is a game that describes itself as the 'ultimate life simulation' and announced the update among several bug fixes on Tuesday.
The announcement drew fierce backlash online, with many expressing disappointment and shock that a game marketed to children would allow the promotion of transgender surgeries.
Libs of TikTok, a far-right Twitter account that often posts left-wing content with opposing commentary, reposted the updates with the caption 'They're teaching young healthy girls that it's ok to chop off their breasts.'
They wrote with a snapshot of examples: 'The Sims game announced a new update which has the option to make a teen character non-binary or transgender by giving them double mastectomy scars and chest binders.
A popular video game series which has an age rating of 12 has been slammed by critics after a recent update allowed for 'top surgery' scars that come from breast removal and chest binders to be added to characters
The Sims 4 developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts (EA) is a game that describes itself as the 'ultimate life simulation' and announced the update among several bug fixes on Tuesday
'The Sims is advertised for ages 12+ They're teaching young healthy girls that it's ok to chop off their breasts.'
Political commentator Ian Miles Cheong tweeted moments later: 'God this sucks.'
'Atrocious,' wrote America First Legal President Stephen Miller.
A Twitter user who identifies as a 'Transexual Intermediate man with female biology' couldn't understand the changes.
'Why? This is actually making a joke of those of us who have dysphoria and do transition,' the tweet read.
'This is not 'inclusive' kids play these games, why the hell are you encouraging this? The only kids who need to know about people like me are my relatives!'
Meanwhile another user wrote: 'Well... there goes my positivity of The Sims series, right out the door.
'Just ridiculous. I'm okay with people being who they want to be - however not when it comes to a video game that loads of kids play. This is just too much.'
The announcement drew fierce backlash online, with many expressing disappointment and shock that a game marketed to children would allow the promotion of transgender surgeries
The changes also prompted some gamers to delete or uninstall the game and boycott the series.
'Just deleted the app and telling all my family and friends to do the same. Bye,' said one user.
Another said: 'I am
