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Can confirm: I had a programming management position in the early 2000s, and once had a dev screaming at me with his nose less than two inches from my own after I called him out for egregious project delays (I was a programmer, too). I asked him if he’d like to take it outside, but he declined. Exactly the same energy I’ve had from others as a girl gamer.

I’ve never seen that behaviour towards men in a professional setting, but some of these immature boys seem to think it’s okay to act that way towards women.

And that’s why I gave up on multiplayer games years ago. I play to have fun, not to be the dartboard for these children’s unresolved mommy issues when I’m not even getting paid for it.

e: hey downvoters, how about you reply with why you took issue with my comment. I’m honestly curious about what I said that you didn’t like. Was it that you’re manchildren who can only challenge people you perceive as lesser than yourselves, and that’s only women and children, or was it that I called you out in the first place? Please, let me know where on this porcelain doll I hurt you.

The absolute least you can do is to tell me how my words injure you so. Downvoting with no comment is a bitch move.

Idk about it being the "game" that matters at all. They'd likely view the concept of a female doctor with similar contempt.

If anything it's that these dudes view the game as more than just a game - they consider it their safe space that's being violated.

Insecurity is the skill issue of self-confidence.

Some folks just cannot control bad mood and act before they think.
Or they don't care anyway.

Thank you Edel. I hope you had a great day at the fair and looking forward to meeting you on Christmas. Grampa died last night. LOL

That's impressive. You don't trust gamers, but you have enough technical skills to send a text from a dishwasher.

It absolutely is. It's a pretty well established observation for example that the great ancient structures built by white people never have alien conspiracy theories associated with them unlike those in the rest of the world. For a more modern example, a huge part of the "those damn Chinese/Indians/Mexicans/etc are stealing our jobs" rethoric comes from hatred of the fact that people in those places are getting better at and even surpassing the West in skilled labour when in the minds of racists they're supposed to be backwards and primitive compared to white people. People of color and Indigenous peoples in high paying positions (who are already severely underrepresented in those positions) are also much more likely to receive hate compared to white people of the same rank and pay, where racists literally say things like "they don't deserve to be there" or "they probably faked their qualifications" when there is no evidence of that. They were also banned from attending universities for the longest time specifically to keep them uneducated and reinforce the notion that white people have superior intellect.

Non-human primates, but yes. Also, it's not restricted to male non-human primates and is also seen in females, especially in your various macaque and baboon species wherein female status is largely inherited from one's mother and sisters.

Well you've taken the first step to correct it :)

They started testing before the study came out. I don’t know video game history, but publishing takes a while

It's capitalism, where we're forced to compete instead of cooperate.