Like I never feel like people who wan na see
more women in video games and see it being achieved like this are really dramatic.
Not exact matches
But,
more than anything, GamerGate highlights two competing narratives: journalistic integrity when writing about
video games and the struggles
women face
in a male - dominated industry.
Yes, there are young men who are living
in their parents» basement and playing
video games all day, but I highly doubt it's because
women are «giving» them cheap sex — it's probably
more about stagnant wages and the fact that
video games offer a social aspect that leads to a boost
in guys» happiness.
For example,
in an Ohio State study of nearly 300
women who played online
video games,
women were
more bothered — and were
more likely to stop playing — when they experienced sexual harassment, versus general «trash talking» of a non-sexual manner.
For example, if a
woman includes «
video games»
in her profile, she'll get
more messages than the
woman who talks about «zumba».
It occurs when
women (or
more often
women's bodies) are employed as rewards for player actions
in video games.
Mark Religioso, a brand manager for the
video game publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment, wants
more women to be involved
in the professional gaming arena known as esports, where players compete
in video game tournaments to win thousands of dollars
in prize money.
It might seem that
women have been given an easier time of things
in the world of
video games, but it hasn't really been until recently that
more «realistic»
women have been featured.
Though things are certainly changing, nerd media such as comic books and
video games have historically been viewed as a «boys club»
in the West, an outlook that has influenced marketing decisions as well as popular culture representations of the «
gamer nerd» despite numerous studies suggesting that
women are doing as much, if not
more, gaming than men.