| SvennoJ said: Great write-up, very informative. Games are indeed slowly changing, gamers are not though. This article popped up recently with depressing statistics https://www.eurogamer.net/one-in-10-female-gamers-feel-suicidal-about-the-abuse-they-receive-playing-online Plus there is the frequent outrage over 'too much inclusivity' in games nowadays. |
Online gaming has abuse across the board though. It might be more sexual in nature towards women, but I think it'll often become aggressive quicker towards men.
It says 51% of men have witnessed a woman being harassed online. How many of these people have witnessed a man being harassed online? According to a study in 2021, over 83% of gamers 18-45 and 63% of gamers 13-17 have experience some form of harassment online.
''27 per cent were concerned the threats could translate into real-life attacks'' This isn't a result of the virtual abuse, but irrational fear as there is absolutely no statistical evidence that 1/4 of women abused online are also abused in real life by that same person. It's a problem they feel this way, but this is a cultural/media problem.
There is definitely a toxicity problem in a lot of online communities, it is not going to be solved by only focusing on one target group, attention will just move to the next group.
