You'll never guess what misogynistic gamebros did to these two women in gaming! (HINT: Drove them out.)

It’s not necessary to make them feel afraid, just to make it clear that their behavior is unwelcome and that if they keep it up people will stop talking to them.

Cassandra, it’s also worth noting that the gaming community hasn’t actually tried repeatedly telling off and, if necessary, ostracizing gamers who act like these commenters yet. These particular gamers now believe that the only people in the gaming community who object to their behavior are feminists, whom they don’t even consider to be real members of the community. If the broader gaming community actually does confront members spouting misogyny, it could very well help clean up the place.

I wouldn’t say #gamergate is about (actively) pushing women out of gaming. But it is redirecting debate away from sexism in gaming and towards their pet issue, in this case “journalistic integrity”. And hey, maybe that is a valid issue. But they’re still ignoring the misogyny issue and trying to paint it as outsider SJWs coming in to stir up shit and stepping on real female gamers who aren’t victims of misogyny. Who probably do exist. But their existence doesn’t erase the existence of women in gaming who have experienced misogyny.

The hashtag #notyourshield is currently being used by pro-#gamergate women, but I think the sentiment could easily be applied to the #gamergate people. They’re not your shield to pretend that the gaming community has no problems with misogyny, to ignore the people who speak out.

There might have been a time when disco was cool that boys were 90% of gaming or anything else currently deemed “nerd culture”, but this is 2014 and I would wager that the sway has shifted to at least 55% female audience (for gaming and comic books and movies and tv series, you know, nerd culture in general. This is because they are actually more loyal to stuff they like than boys are, true story, the stuff you claim to love exists because the ladies take the time to watch it as it happens and reward it when “they” do it up right) and still random idiots feel they need to crush that and get back to disco. Well I for one will tell you all that DISCO F’N SUCKS and I never want us as a people to re-explore that shite. It was garbage then and it is garbage now, while you’re at it learn to manscape you beligerant troll bastidges. The lady pants of the universe are every bit as equipped as the boys are to enjoy pop culture, not only enjoy it but pioneer it with new blood and creativity. Maybe fandom needs more men and less boys to see the monster that it is, evolve into something greater. I am so sick of idiot fanboys that if I could legally get away with “pay my trip to and from your house I would stomp you into a mudhole and walk it dry” plan of action, I would make it a real thing, and how I earned my living (I would charge a premium for my time travelling) because fanboys by and large with their stupidity make me sick. All fanboys that want to say, “well that isn’t me, I think it’s cool that girls are into the stuff I’m into, then you all need to make the same stand. We all need to slap these idiots down and get in their face, not because the ladies need us to (because they don’t, they are mighty and they WILL ROAR, but because it needs to be done. Intolerance to haters needs to happen and it NEEDS a BIG BOOMING VOICE). The current state of affairs is unacceptable and it’s time those who really DO enjoy all the goodies we are getting these days made a stand, lets face it, those of us that really do care about all of this stuff are in our 30’s and not only are we real men with respect, wives, children, etc… but we are finally getting a chance to see content that we’ve been dreaming about across all mediums since we were 12-14 years old. Love the lady pants that share the same vision of the world as you do, do not rape threat or hate on them because they ACTUALLY LIKE the same things you do and HAVE THE TALENT to help bring that content to you, you F’N IDOTS. IDIOTS, I can’t say that enough, IDIOTS and COWARDS because I am certain that you would never say that kind of garbage to anyone face to face (most of you, like 99.7%), the 0.3% of you talking that garbage would still find themselves picking up their teeth with broken fingers), there would be consequences if you did that and there should be because you are an IDIOT deserving of missing teeth and broken fingers. The only thing getting in the way of truly great pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy and games is this boys club BS the rejected of the male species are raising a stink about. If a woman feels attacked, odds are she let it slide a lot longer than she should have before saying anything about it. That lady put up with a lot more than you would have (before saying anything) than in your imaginary life where you actually think yourself to be as badass as Samus or Master Chief (you’re not, you are less than a toad you worthless sack of meat suit). Fanboys need to grow up, stop being stupid and show some respect because YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.

@Hyatt

From what I can tell, there’s been resentment simmering over how most of the major gaming news sources have been in the pocket of the big companies.

This problem has been kicking around since at least the early 1990s once people started believing that reviews and coverage in gaming magazines effected sales. Since IGN and other sites have been around for reasonably long time as well, it’s pretty dodgy for any long time gamer to suddenly be whipped up into a frenzy about payola now.

. It also led to #gamergate blaming Social Justice Warriors for… I’m not sure what. Covering up the real issue? Invading the gaming space for their own agenda without knowing or caring about women in gaming?

That’s almost amusing because it’s Redditor MRA-types who’ve fallen madly in rage with this issue, non-gamers included. Almost amusing, but not actually amusing.

“OP”. FFS, 4chan certainly has a unique brand of toxic dopeyness.

“Can’t clean my room now Mom, I’m on a “special jamming OP”.

I thought from Matthew’s comment that AlAnon is some gamerdudebro saying feminism is transphobic for not accepting gender roles as innate.

Rick, dude, paragraph breaks are your friend.

Zoe says she’s been logging IRC chats about gamergate.

https://twitter.com/TheQuinnspiracy/status/508174331243810817

Reblogged this on balarick and commented:
The depth of these people’s hate-filled, delusional thinking is beyond my ability to calculate or stomach. I’m so glad for people like David Futrelle who wade through the deep end of these guys’ bullshit and catalogue it for others to see and mock.

Also, expressing negative personality traits is not the same as actually having a disorder.

@Zolnier…I honestly would like to know the answer to that myself…more to the point , i wonder how many guys IRL secretly think like this, and hide it?

Zolnier ,
Well think about it. Where else are they going to be able to shoot sex workers and grope exotic dancers or see women treated to sexualized violence they can actively participate in with no consequences and surrounded by other men who think it’s fun? Of course the state of video games today attracts misogynists. To me, that seems like their favorite part of gaming. Why else would they lose it over Sarkeesian’s criticisms of tropes against women in gaming?

Maybe if games treated women like people, they would attract more players who consider women people.