Are girl gamers sexist towards men? (MyGaming column)

Chris, respect for treading these very dangerous grounds. It takes someone with guts to write an article of sexism aimed at females in the gaming industry/scene, especially if that person isn't female himself.

What angers me the most is that many male gamers will blatantly argue that there isn't a sexism issue in the industry, even though Soul Caliber 4's advertising campaign and that new Tera MMO's female characters beg to differ.
 
Just for tonight, I wish I had been born female.
A quick Google took me to girlgamer.com, where by some fluke, I spotted the profile of someone with same neurological condition as I have. Would it be too creepy if I were to contact her?
 
phoenix said:
Just for tonight, I wish I had been born female.
A quick Google took me to girlgamer.com, where by some fluke, I spotted the profile of someone with same neurological condition as I have. Would it be too creepy if I were to contact her?
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Why would it be creepy? It'd only be creepy if you stalk her >.>

Go! Contact her! Make a new friend! :)
 
Graal said:
Chris, respect for treading these very dangerous grounds. It takes someone with guts to write an article of sexism aimed at females in the gaming industry/scene, especially if that person isn't female himself.

What angers me the most is that many male gamers will blatantly argue that there isn't a sexism issue in the industry, even though Soul Caliber 4's advertising campaign and that new Tera MMO's female characters beg to differ.
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Lol remember the huge discussion that followed after I said I wouldn't be getting soul calibur 4 for those very reasons?

@Phoenix: Go for it Brother! You have nothing too loose. Worst case she doesn't respond. I'll hold thumbs she does though.
 
Back in the late '90s I used to play Everquest with a girl I met in game (actually quite a few girls but they came and went as time moved on). We became penpals and although we don't game together anymore, I still chat to her regularly (and I've never met her IRL). It must be said that I have never hit on her or vice versa even though we chat about everything under the sun.

I do remember the one woman I used to group with, she was a swinger and she'd tell me about her escapades while we were camping or doing a raid. Most interesting times back then.
 
Jase said:
I do remember the one woman I used to group with, she was a swinger and she'd tell me about her escapades while we were camping or doing a raid. Most interesting times back then.
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Oh lord... I met someone like that years ago as well. She seemed to enjoy talking to us (my partner and I) about her experiences ranging from threesomes to a cheating boyfriend coming home one day with his face smelling of "fish" after kissing her.

Internet has some iiiiiinteresting people out there and, in my experience, women can be just as bad as men :p
 
OmegaFenix said:
Lol remember the huge discussion that followed after I said I wouldn't be getting soul calibur 4 for those very reasons?

@Phoenix: Go for it Brother! You have nothing too loose. Worst case she doesn't respond. I'll hold thumbs she does though.
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RandomOke944?
:p

Chris Kemp. what hast thou started?!
 
Graal said:
Chris, respect for treading these very dangerous grounds. It takes someone with guts to write an article of sexism aimed at females in the gaming industry/scene, especially if that person isn't female himself.

What angers me the most is that many male gamers will blatantly argue that there isn't a sexism issue in the industry, even though Soul Caliber 4's advertising campaign and that new Tera MMO's female characters beg to differ.
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Thanks :) I didn't want to come off like some kind of white knight, but it just seems people are really dismissive of the issue. Take a look at the comments section in Tarryn's old column on DNF - "Bitch-slapped in the face" and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. Here's a link: http://mygaming.co.za/news/columns/10879-bitch-slapped-in-the-face.html

phoenix said:
RandomOke944?
:p

Chris Kemp. what hast thou started?!
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Haha, one does not simply 944 into girlgamers.com
 
I have to say Chris, hats off for attempting this. As one of the few female gamers (who doesnt hide the fact), I have to say one of the main reasons for joining Mygaming was the people on here. I have been on a fair few forums where once it gets out that your female, their attitudes change.

But I also have to admit, I am maybe one of a handful of women, who prefer to play with the guys, but then again I really don't know that many female gamers. I might not be a hard core BF3 player, but I do game for the fun of it. Making friends along the way is always a bonus.

Overall it depends on my attitude - if a girl acts all flirty and silly, they wont get any respect. Respect the group of people you are gaming with and there should be no issues. If there are issues, please dear lord dont run to the first admin you see! Try to sort it out via pm or email or even skype (I have done that once). The thing to remember is we are all part of one big community of gamers, whether we all play the same thing or not.

Besides in 99% of the games there are ways of ignoring the idiots :P
 
Wyvern said:
I have to say Chris, hats off for attempting this. As one of the few female gamers (who doesnt hide the fact), I have to say one of the main reasons for joining Mygaming was the people on here. I have been on a fair few forums where once it gets out that your female, their attitudes change.

But I also have to admit, I am maybe one of a handful of women, who prefer to play with the guys, but then again I really don't know that many female gamers. I might not be a hard core BF3 player, but I do game for the fun of it. Making friends along the way is always a bonus.

Overall it depends on my attitude - if a girl acts all flirty and silly, they wont get any respect. Respect the group of people you are gaming with and there should be no issues. If there are issues, please dear lord dont run to the first admin you see! Try to sort it out via pm or email or even skype (I have done that once). The thing to remember is we are all part of one big community of gamers, whether we all play the same thing or not.

Besides in 99% of the games there are ways of ignoring the idiots :P
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We've had a few of those.... they didn't last long.
 
Here just for you Omega!

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Interesting twist on the sexism issue. I never considered it from the other point of view. I know that girls can be worse than guys sometimes (I've heard how girls talk when there's a few of them together), but I don't think they would feel the need to send dodgy pics and messages.

I must say that most of the girl gamers I've come across on this and other forums, and while playing online, have been pretty much just other gamers, and have been accepted just fine, and are also fine chatting and playing games with the guys. This is to say that I haven't personally witnessed any of the harassment that I'm sure they go through at times. Maybe they are just the ones who are confident enough to just be themselves and enjoy the gaming. I haven't come across any of the aforementioned silly flirty girls as yet.

I think the crappy Flash Games in the article are most likely targeted to tweens rather than older serious gamers though, but I must say, it sounds awful.
 
Subversion said:
Take a look at the comments section in Tarryn's old column on DNF - "Bitch-slapped in the face" and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. Here's a link: http://mygaming.co.za/news/columns/10879-bitch-slapped-in-the-face.html
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Oh gods, yes. Thank god people now have to login to leave comments. It would just have been interesting to know who most of those bigots were, though, seeing as they were probably mostly MyGaming forum members who are now forced to keep tabs on what they say.

On another note, for anyone thinking of making any sandwich jokes, don't. Even if it is meant in a joking sense, it's not funny for the same reason that telling a black man to get back into the cotton fields isn't funny.
 
Graal said:
Oh gods, yes. Thank god people now have to login to leave comments. It would just have been interesting to know who most of those bigots were, though, seeing as they were probably mostly MyGaming forum members who are now forced to keep tabs on what they say.

On another note, for anyone thinking of making any sandwich jokes, don't. Even if it is meant in a joking sense, it's not funny for the same reason that telling a black man to get back into the cotton fields isn't funny.
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But my wife is the sandwitch maker, her's always taste better than the ones I had to make myself & dont even get me started on her Chicken Mayo....

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Sorry what were we talking about?
 
matt said:
Wow, just looked at the comments to Tarryn's article. Damn
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Yep the scum of the internet use to come out to play when she did an article. Go check some youtube comments on videos by girls. Its really fucking atrocious.
 
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