In the world of applications not everything goes. Even more so when the intermediary is a company like Apple Thus, this week the withdrawal of a game from the App Store has been announced that proposed cosmetic surgery on an unofficial version of Barbie with a few extra kilos. An application aimed at boys and girls that has not been liked by some movements that seek the eradication of sexism , who have managed to disappear from the app store of the platform iOS
It was about the game Plastic Surgery & Plastic Doctor & Plastic Hospital Office for Barbie Version, something like Plastic surgery for Barbie Of course, it is not a development of Mattel, the company that owns the rights to the famous doll. Just a hook to attract the attention of users. A skill game that proposed users to carry out cosmetic surgery operations to solve the protagonist's overweight and beauty problems.
Through a detailed process in which inject anesthesia, cut, remove fat with a pump, sewing, and a few other activities, the user could know what this type of operation consists of. All of this with the mission of helping the leading girl to solve her problems because, with a few extra kilos and without getting the diets to do anything for her, Surgery was proposed as the only solution.
The case and nature of this application was detected by Everyday Sexism Project An organization that fights daily against sexist attacks and related issues. After carrying out a campaign through the social networks, they got enough support and pressure so that Apple reviewed the application and decided to remove it from its app store App Store And it was offered as an application forchildren from nine years old A question that seems unethical.
But it is not the only case denounced by this organization. Along with this surgery game that also used the name of the doll Barbie, another application with similar characteristics of has also been removed Google Play, the app store for the platform AndroidA battle that Everyday Sexism Project takes very seriously to defend universal values and prevent the spread of sexism.
It seems that, albeit with outside help, Apple continues to care about the content it distributes through its app store. Although it shows how a tool of dubious ethics has passed its quality filters that have given so many headaches to other developers. The applications can be utilities to achieve more efficiency, or enjoy moments of entertainment, although you must always be attentive to the content they contain. At the moment Apple Store and Google Play already have a couple of supposedly sexist tools and less unethical
