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Oh boy, I started playing through the visual novel 2 years ago and I was kinda intrigued by the plot at the start, but as it went on the misogyny got so freaking bad that I quit and wrote an entire hexbear rant post about it. The people who made Steins;Gate absolutely do not see women as real people. I remember there is a scene where Kurisu is at the main character's place, they argue about something (I forgot the details) but the conclusion is that in order to get Kurisu to do something, the protagonist and his buddy basically threaten her with sexual harrassment ("You're alone in here with the 2 of us wink wink") and it's played so casually, and Kurisu's reaction is basically just "ugh, fine" instead of being fucking horrified and never stepping in a room with these people ever again.
Anime frequently objectifies and infantitilizes women, but Steins;Gate shows outright contempt for its female characters. It hurts them, degrades them and "puts them in their place" at every opportunity and then pats itself on the back as those same female characters come crawling back to their women-hating protagonist because the authors are red pill creeps who believe those stupid females secretly love it when men treat them like dirt.
Fuck Steins;Gate.
I don't know much about the author but the way he (allegedly, the VN is sitting unplayed in my steam library atm) treats Ruka is worse than the anime. I think there's a lot of "her parents wanted a girl and groomed her etc..." that goes on. Plus with that scene, (the only time Rintaro faced any sort of reprecussions) it was played as a "she made him sit on his knees, hur dur". Plus there was also a scene where he walks in on Mayuri and Makise in the shower (one of the most gratuitous examples of the male gaze by the way and it's just played as a joke. Also the "he's a guy" poem is horrible and the only scene with a black character, Rintaro is racist.
Fuck steins;gate.