For example, one thing I’m concerned about is the damsel in distress trope. In particular, it seems problematic that Princess Peach has been kidnapped in 12 out of 19 games in the Super Mario series Why does that matter? Because it sends the wrong message to my sons (seven and nine years old). I don’t want to raise average men. I want to raise politically progressive individuals who are compassionate, tolerant, and patient. I want to make sure my boys are not beholden to, nor complicit in perpetuating, gender-normative (and/or hetero-normative) social constructions.