Sexism in gaming culture - Page 7

On September 18 2011 01:48 Truedot wrote:



there are very clear, documented gender differences in how the brain works to process information, and the size of different parts of the brain. It has been since the beginning of time since women and men are considered inherently different. I used to have trouble with my female friends, understanding their motivation, when they do things most people I know that are male would never do, or do like I would under the same circumstances. There's even been books written on the subject, the whole mars/venus thing.

I know you want equality, but does that mean we all have to be some genderless homogenized mass?

And how can you say e-sports is misogynistic? People heavily into video games tend to go over the top to treat females well.

Also, apparently calling people bitch and pussy attacks feminine ideals, by your statement. what? you seem like the sexist one here.



well, while there has been study done that shows that automated functioning of reaction male vs female is in favor of male, as females consistently have slightly longer reaction delay time, females can multitask better than males... so to say they can't compete is wrong. they just need to hone their advantages to make up for their lack, same as males.

On September 18 2011 01:56 sc14s wrote:
The real issue is people mistake the words we use for older and (to us) outdated meanings behind the word. when i say for example "what a bitch" when im getting cheesed by a 6 pool to myself it has absolutely nothing to do with anyone of the female gender. the connotation and meaning of the word has changed over time and i think some people (namely idiots that write articles like this) need to learn the differences in culture.

just my 2 cents

On September 18 2011 00:47 Haemonculus wrote:

Really? You're coming off as a total ass by the way.

Let's say you meet a girl on a dating site. Her profile seems nice. You meet her for a date, and find out that her entire life revolves around something she made no mention of in her profile. Pick any activity you don't enjoy. I dunno, Church group or something. She goes to said group for 4-5 hours *every* day, and all her friends are from said group. When she goes out, it's with people from said group. And again, this group can be anything, but for our purposes, something you have absolutely zero interest in. Would you be shallow for not wanting to date her because of that?

On September 18 2011 01:48 Truedot wrote:


there are very clear, documented gender differences in how the brain works to process information, and the size of different parts of the brain. It has been since the beginning of time since women and men are considered inherently different. I used to have trouble with my female friends, understanding their motivation, when they do things most people I know that are male would never do, or do like I would under the same circumstances. There's even been books written on the subject, the whole mars/venus thing.

I know you want equality, but does that mean we all have to be some genderless homogenized mass?

And how can you say e-sports is misogynistic? People heavily into video games tend to go over the top to treat females well.

Also, apparently calling people bitch and pussy attacks feminine ideals, by your statement. what? you seem like the sexist one here.

On September 17 2011 23:57 Shiragaku wrote:
Well to be fair, it really does suck being a girl in gaming. My two sisters are very big gamers and they mostly play single player games just to avoid the bullshit from the internet.

And whenever they play MMOs, they always disguise their gender because from experience, they did not receive as much mean sexism as being treated like a goddess. Guys in the guild would get up at 4 in the morning to talk to them, give them lots of gifts, and some other stuff that even I would never ever do for my best friend.

And ignore the Sean Plott thing, I do not think that was the main point of the article.

On September 18 2011 02:16 Liquid`Jinro wrote:

Yeah but thats completely unrelated to using gender-related insults.

People make way too big a deal out of everything, nothing new here, however.

Try to forgive Day[9] for the above quote if you can find the generosity in your little heart—like most male gamers, he doesn't understand that gendered insults are wrong and off-putting to women.

On September 18 2011 02:33 lizzard_warish wrote:
These claims of sexism are so immature and pathetic.
1) "gaming culture" amounts to saying things like newbs and the like. All other elements of gaming do not differ in their interaction from regular culture, its just being done in a game. So claims of sexism are not unique to gaming except perhaps the condition that created it [if it exists], being a largely all male activity.

2) Its a fucking game and its anon for the most part, if people want to use insults or even berate somebody for being female, or black, or gay- even if they dont find these things negative- its going to happen and its hardly a meaningful thing. People are dicks on the internet? My mind is fucking blown.

3) Gendered insults do not imply a hate for a gender or viewing that gender as inferior, when I say bastard I'm not showing my latent hatred for people born out of wedlock.

4) Whats called sexism now a days by modern feminists isnt sexism at all, its in fact a man-eaters perception of it, where we dont glorify the great tree of womanhood or whatever crap there going on about now a days. So not really a charge from a particularly meaningful subset of our population. Fools are mad at us? Oh my.

5) It's not important even if there IS sexism in esports, because 99% of the people here are guys and the interest is and almost always will be confined to that demographic, no ones lives are crushed and its hardly the moral duty of random websites to carry on some social justice campaign.

On September 18 2011 02:41 DoubleReed wrote:


Nah, there is definitely misogyny in gaming culture. It's more of an internet-phenomenon, but women are generally treated like crap in the gaming community. I definitely think there is an issue, but articles like these are just fucking awful.

But I agree on the other things. Gendered insults? Who the hell cares? Only guys are called "assholes" because I don't consider someone who uses the term a misandrist or whatever. It's like saying it's sexist to use He instead of She. The fact is that almost all english insults are gender-specific.