| Veknoid_Outcast said: I don't think an academic study would help. When I said the study was asking the wrong question, I just meant that the results are misleading. I'm not suggesting that some university or non-profit create a survey to determine why sexism -- or any other -ism, for that matter -- exists in the video game industry; I'm just encouraging people to admit there's a problem and not use these survey results as specious evidence that the medium and its fans are free of sexist thoughts and actions. Frankly, I think it's good just to talk about it. Far too many video game fans don't want to acknowledge that many of their peers throw around some truly disgusting and threatening language, or they think, to quote an article on the subject, it's just "guys being stupid guys." Obviously, I don't think the majority of video game fans are sexist monsters. My participation in this forum is proof that I love video games and love talking about them with my peers. But I do believe there is a serious problem with sexism in the industry, and I believe it's a worthy topic of conversation. If we really love video games and want to be inclusive, we need to lead by example, call out those who are intolerant and hateful, and start a meaningful dialogue on the causes and effects of sexism in the gaming community. |
i have a question for you do you think that the solution to the problem is to have males threat women as they would other males?
