Ideology is the study of common sense. Hegemony is the reification of ideology, or creating ideology into a tangible thing. The ideology behind urinal bathroom etiquette that is "common sense" for all males. The game calls on the player to use their common sense that has been created and reified to answer which stall to pick. It is a form of hegemony because it recreates the bathroom scenario and offers answers as opposed to it not mattering which urinal to pick. Hegemony is also the maintenance of ideology by systems, the game continues the teaching of individuals who have over the course of their lives approached the system and learned where to pee.
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