I stumbled across a discussion about a newly released game Dragon Age 2, which, shockingly, allowed for a gay romance option as well as a straight romance option. Some of the (straight male) gamers were distressed. The company replied with a long screed (you can read all of it here) but this is the paragraph that caught my eye:
And if there is any doubt why such an opinion might be met with hostility, it has to do with privilege. You can write it off as "political correctness" if you wish, but the truth is that privilege always lies with the majority. They're so used to being catered to that they see the lack of catering as an imbalance. They don't see anything wrong with having things set up to suit them, what's every one's fuss all about? That's the way it should be, any everyone else should be used to not getting what they want.
It's such a good argument for any majority rule... if the majority isn't specifically catered to, it feels neglected and put upon. I really liked it. If there's that level of thought behind it, I'm almost tempted to go out and buy the game!
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