Sexism Online Games
Game Over: Sexist Bros Harassing Female Gamers Online You LoseIf you’re wondering what fuels men's sexist behaviour against women in the gaming industry, researchers may just have the answer: it’s because those gamers are losers.
The study, conducted by researchers Michael Kasumovic and Jeffrey Kuznekoff, looked at interactions between players over 163 games of Halo 3. Fortunately #notallmen acted the same, but players unfortunate enough to have two X chromosomes where often the target of men performing badly, who became aggressive and negative towards women. Basically, they suck at games and thus turned their frustration against female players.
These players are sexist because they're bad at video games
According to the study, generally …show more content…
This is upsetting the “pre-existing social hierarchy”.
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Because of anonymity, individuals generally behave expressively and honestly since there is no fear of payback.
Researchers believe that intervention is needed before sexist ideas “spill over in real-life interactions”. This topic is particularly interesting nowadays as news about Political Correctness (PC) are increasingly popular in the media. College kids may be too politically correct for Jerry Seinfeld, but sexism in the gaming industry is alive and kicking. We should be free to share our opinions about politics, gender and even race-related issues, but there must be a limit to how much we can get away with.
"Next time she shows up at a conference we... give her a crippling injury that's never going to fully heal... a good solid injury to the knees. I'd say a brain damage, but we don't want to make it so she ends up too retarded to fear us," this is just one of the thousands of messages independent game developer Zoe Quinn received during the #gamergate furore.
Online harassment in 'vidya
The study, conducted by researchers Michael Kasumovic and Jeffrey Kuznekoff, looked at interactions between players over 163 games of Halo 3. Fortunately #notallmen acted the same, but players unfortunate enough to have two X chromosomes where often the target of men performing badly, who became aggressive and negative towards women. Basically, they suck at games and thus turned their frustration against female players.
These players are sexist because they're bad at video games
According to the study, generally …show more content…
This is upsetting the “pre-existing social hierarchy”.
Game Over: Sexist Bros Harassing Female Gamers Online You Lose - …show more content…
Because of anonymity, individuals generally behave expressively and honestly since there is no fear of payback.
Researchers believe that intervention is needed before sexist ideas “spill over in real-life interactions”. This topic is particularly interesting nowadays as news about Political Correctness (PC) are increasingly popular in the media. College kids may be too politically correct for Jerry Seinfeld, but sexism in the gaming industry is alive and kicking. We should be free to share our opinions about politics, gender and even race-related issues, but there must be a limit to how much we can get away with.
"Next time she shows up at a conference we... give her a crippling injury that's never going to fully heal... a good solid injury to the knees. I'd say a brain damage, but we don't want to make it so she ends up too retarded to fear us," this is just one of the thousands of messages independent game developer Zoe Quinn received during the #gamergate furore.
Online harassment in 'vidya