Someone to talk about video game violence with!
Here was a notable distinction made earlier in the thread,
Violence does't really discriminate while objectification in games clearly does.
But damn, if there was a thread where people were discussing the societal impact of the glorification of violence in media, I'd be super down to hear peoples thoughts, research and arguments on that. Unfortunately that thread would likely implode far quicker than the sexualisation topics we've seen.
I would be happy to discuss violence with you.
The problem with the reasoning you have given is that Many people are making the argument that it is not simply blatant sexualization that is harmful, but all sexualization, regardless of how prominent the characters in question are. If you were to apply that reasoning to violence— that even if you are just shooting a monster — it would follow that it is still having a negative impact on you.
Psychologically speaking, there is very little evidence of this being the case, except perhaps for with young children and teenagers. But even then it is, as with nearly all things, a confluence of environment and biology that leads people to become more violent.
On the topic of sexualization, there have been many studies done that show most people have little problem separating sexualized media, particularly porn, with reality. There was a recent study done showing the opposite, but that seems more likely to be an outlier or have been conducted poorly.
Because of this I have never felt there is much stock in the belief that sexualized media leads to misogynistic behavior or beliefs.