Misogyny, Bigotry, and the Gaming Community

[TallSilhouette]

KLAMarine said:

TallSilhouette said:

The imbalance in isolation isn't inherently bad, but considering the toxicity in the gaming community it's not exactly a stretch to surmise that female gamers often don't feel welcome to participate and be themselves on sites like this. VGC itself doesn't seem very toxic but the disparity still suggests part of a wider trend where female gamers will avoid or stay anonymous in places like this due to bad experiences.

Considering online forums like this one are generally open to the public, could you point me to some interactions wherein female gamers receive backlash for being themselves and thus are discouraged from participating?

Well, I linked to several such examples in the OP (particularly the third video, forum-wise). If you're talking about VGC specifically, that scarcity of open members of the community and the site's...less than perfect search function makes it difficult for me to relocate particular instances of toxic interactions. Jaicee could probably give you some personal examples if she wanted, as could Onionberry if she were still around. I haven't been active as long as others here but I struggle to recall any other female members I'm personally familiar with.