@Guest1001 I thank you for actually posting a decent argument for the other side, unlike so many others here.
I'm sure there are plenty of females opposing it as well, but it's a safe assumption that the majority are male. Many of them, unlike yourself, do not offer rational discussion on the issue, instead resorting to sexist remarks and ignorant statements. I am simply calling them out as I see them.
Having said that, the debate here is not whether or not the content of video games are sexist. I would agree that there are just as many male troupes in games as there are female troupes. I'm also not arguing that only women are harassed in online gaming. I have been harassed in online games many times before.
I only mentioned Anita Sarkeesian because of the disturbing way that the gaming community backlashed against her - an entirely inappropriate and borderline psychopathic response. I did not say I agree with her views.
The issue I see is the way that women are targeted in their harassment, which is frequently that of sexual harassment. I am not trying to say other groups are not targeted in specific ways as well - racism and homophobia are just as rampant in gaming culture. But this doesn't make it right, and I reject the notion that we should all just "accept" this culture. Female harassment is only one aspect of harassment that occurs, but is nevertheless important and something that we should be trying to address as a greater community, just as much as racism and homophobia.
Expressing apathy to these issues will never change the twisted and sometimes sick culture surrounding gaming, which results in the continuous seclusion of basically any minority groups that aren't a member of the dominant white, straight, male group (from which I also belong).
Why are we sticking up for people who spread hate and exclusion in our games? What do we achieve by doing that? Why don't we want to strive for a community like that of any other community, where minorities can feel included and not be constantly reminded of their gender, race, or sexual orientation?
@lcrava Your wife married you, which is not a great endorsement of her intelligence. Keep your sexist, twisted definition of a "true woman" to the two of you, because it's bullshit.
I love the gaming community, what I don't love is having to listen to uninformed, uneducated, and arrogant little boys like yourself spewing garbage all over the potential for intelligent and rational discussion.
@frozenux @GetafixOz I don't understand why everyone keeps assuming that just because this is a documentary on Women in Gaming, they're going to go on a "male witch hunt".
I think its far more apparent in the way everyone here has reacted to "feminism" as "all feminists hate men" - exactly the point about Muslims you just made. Just because a few feminists are over-zealous doesn't mean feminism is about hating on men.
@srlandauer It's nice to see that in a sea of angry little boys generalizing the motives of females and perpetuating the gender harassment at the root of this dialogue, that there are some with a semblance of intelligence and rational thought.
@lcrava I didn't answer your questions because the questions you asked are biased and prove how ignorant you are. The fact that you're old enough to have a wife is beyond me, I honestly thought I was arguing with a 15 year old.
There is a serious problem with the overall culture of gaming men, and all you have succeeded in doing is to prove that point, so thank you for your "arguments" and "facts".
Just for the record, I'm a straight white man - sick of letting assholes like you make the gaming community out to be a group of immature little boys.
@lcrava Why did you chose modelling as your example, because that is a "woman's" job? That is an example where demand equals income, like your UFC example.
Try people employed in the very video game industry you defend:
Do you honestly think a male programmer is better than a female programmer? Designers? Business development?
I still don't even understand what point you are trying to make with your rape argument. Guess what - men are responsible for nearly all rapes, and they rape women, men, boys, and girls. You feel the need to blame rape victims instead of the rapists, showing your true colours.
I'm completely blown away by your blantant sexism
"Wow. This is exactly why we can't trust anything that comes from someone that bleeds for 5 days and doesn't die."
"They should take their own advice, stop playing online and GTFO the gaming industry."
You should get the **** out of the gaming industry, because you are the one making the intelligent gamer men look like stupid immature little boys.
@lcrava And your posts are just full to the brim with facts? It's sad that you actually think that your grossly misinformed opinions are facts for some reason. Let's quote a few of your "facts"
"Once again never heard or seen feminists fight for equality in that industry."
Because you're the expert on the topic right? Because YOU have never seen or heard it means it doesn't exist? Maybe you are the problem, being as closed minded as you are - blocking out anything that doesn't fit your twisted definition of what feminism is.
"Amazingly, you will not find a single case of a man raped by a woman."
I'm really not sure what argument you're trying to make with this statement as it seems to counter your own arguements, but again it is a statement based on no actual facts.
"Lets not forget that women, the master manipulators they are, sometimes abuse this fact by crying rape when there is none"
It's becoming more and more evident to me that you just simply hate women for whatever reason, and make up broad statements about women in general to justify your hatred. Again you have no facts, just broad misinformed opinions. Yes there are cases of false rape claims, does that mean that we should ignore the vast majority of rape claims that are true? What a disgusting statement to make.
You have given no facts in any of your arguments while acting completely self righteous that your ignorant, biggot opinions are actually "facts". This is the last comment I'll make to you because you're obviously far too uneducated to even be worth my time debating with.
If you stopped sharing your sexist, hateful opinions with the rest of the world, maybe documentaries like this wouldn't need to be made. As long as you and your so called "facts" keep showing their ugly faces in these discussions, they won't go away. Better get used to it.
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