champybh said:
I'm about to generalize here - and for that I'm sorry (not really).
If you are a male gamer who is obsessively trying discredit Sarkeesian you are terrible. For those criticizing her tone... grow up. For those who claim she isn't a gamer (probably not true), it shouldn't matter whether she is one or not. The pure insanity in comment sections and threads that this woman inspires is more evidence than any video she could make that we as a culture have an issue with respecting women. That's it. I'm not saying you have to agree with everything she says. I'm saying that all these immature attempts at discrediting her are unproductive to the actual REAL issue at play here - which is how we portray women in games, movies, television and more. This is a completely valid thing to discuss. And it shouldn't matter who is inspiring the topic, just that it's happening at all. Everything else is a distraction. If you have spent anytime on the internet starting threads like this one you need to take a hard look at yourself. Treat the women in your life with respect. Do I have to get your mother in here to scold you all? Because based on the comments it seems as if everyone is between the ages of 14-16.
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Oh yeah, men are to blame.
There is truth, and then there is political agenda. This woman (Anita Sarkeesian) is raking in tons of cash due to her fraudulent appeal to your sympathies. The FACTS are: MEN mostly play games, and MEN mostly enjoy programming as a career. Hence MEN mostly play videogames.
She nitpicks the hitman scene and it's absolutely disgusting how she gows about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRSaLZidWI
But OH SHAME, we can't use logic on a poor woman can we? No no no, that's reserved for bashing religion.
It is true that she has been the abused, but that doesn't make her right. That doesn't give her the right to take money for contributing nothing to humanity. She's a scammer. If you're unlucky enough to have a girlfriend who is doing gender "studies" as a major, then there's no point in communicating with you, but if not, then for heaven's sake just call a spade a spade.
She is capatilizing on the videogame community. You know she is.
(for money - literally)
