As Amnesty International claims, we are in breach of the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. The results show that video games, which contain explicit incitement to violence, are widely available on internet for free. The paper has also made an analysis of the content, development, dynamics and possible effect on young minds based on the video graphic content. This paper investigates how gender-based violence depicted in the video games influences youngsters. The European Women’s Lobby have rightly stated that the games containing sexual violence promote a hostile attitude towards women and girls and promote harmful and discriminatory gender stereotypes. California state passed a ban on the sale of violent games and sought “to plow new legal ground by equating violent video games with pornography.” However, the Supreme Court of US by a 7-2 majority declared the law unconstitutional but hinted that the court might have ruled differently if there had been legislation banning video games containing sexual violence. Video graphics are becoming increasingly realistic portrayals of holistic worlds. Violent video games produce aggressive behavior and emotions. Video games are popular social artefacts with the potential to shape the behavior, attitudes and identities of players. In fact, video game use has steadily increased over the years. Children are spending more time and money on electronic entertainment than ever before.

A stroll through the halls of a college dormitory demonstrates the strong presence of these games among the youth. Video games have replaced many traditional childhood pastimes as the leisure activity of choice. We discuss the possibilities of interpreting the video game through catharsis/sublimation theory, rape terror management, anime orientation, age play and a rape fantasy kinky framework. In the second half of our article we problematize the discourse and reaction of the anti-Rape-Lay movement, and challenge the essentialist reading of the game as having a singular, stable and malevolent meaning. Our analysis argues that the reaction in the West is an example of orientalism and yellow peril, wherein the Japanese 'Other' was targeted as immoral, dangerous and sexually deviant, spurring a call to discipline, educate and enlighten Japanese regulators and industry leaders about the perceived harms attached to sexually violent video games.

Is it inherently wrong, or inescapably harmful, to make a game of rape? For the activists, politicians and pundits in ''the West'' who learned about the existence of the Japanese video game RapeLay, the answer would be a resounding and self-evident, 'yes!' The controversy the game sparked was relatively unexpected in its native Japan, where the game forms part of a broad erotic cartoon and game culture.

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