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Aug 26

Games and Trips: In Which I Instantly Solve All Sexist Abuse and Harassment of Women and Girls in Gaming

A woman gamer admits on reddit that she pretended to be male for 6 years after she had some seriously fucking creepy experiences due to her awful crime of gaming while female. “Discussion” ensues. One sympathetic commenter responds

There’s so much I want to ask, but for right now, I’ll just…

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feminism, gaming, girl gamers, women gamers,

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I would add to this that binarism and cissexism and racism and transmisogyny are also solved by gamers NOT BEING MASSIVE...
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I have experienced alot of the above in the two years ive been playing wow. Some male gamers instantly dismiss you and...
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As a female gamer..if I pretend to be male or just don’t point out I am female then I cannot interact with people in a...
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I love Warcraft but DAMN is some problematic shit said in my guild chat or in party chat. So please, d00dz… STOP BEING...
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Idk, I mean, that just seems so straightforward. How do you know it will work? Wouldn’t it be better to find a solution...
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so sad :( Having...avoid creeps… I’m glad...occasional ‘omg...
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whoa wtf they were in my guild? oldschool death...taxes.. weeeeeeeiiiiiiiird :/ I’m
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Oh yeah. I’m a “friends only” person with gaming. It saves me so much drama.
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thefremen reblogged this from sourcedumal and added:

YUP. They also constantly say triggering shit so I never have headphones on and only play L4D and such with friends. I’m...
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