Slashman wrote on Sep 10, 2011, 00:41:
I'm glad we both agree that you have no more compelling evidence than I do. Which makes your crusade here all the more odd, because neither you nor I can find the droves of women who feel like they are being belittled and pushed out of gaming and are just waiting for the industry and community to change so they can take part.
We already have real evidence about women being belittled in gaming culture (this article, and the comments it generates is evidence of it, though it's obvious we disagree there)
But, I can give you examples of people that feel this way, if you'd like. I certainly didn't make them up.
http://gomakemeasandwich.wordpress.com/ is a great example.
like most blogs, this blog links up to other blogs of similar interest or discussion, on top of the commentors that frequent that blog itself, which (like all blogs, generally) are there because they like what the person is saying.
http://theworldofmaxator.blogspot.com/2010/06/sexism-in-gaming.html Not the focus of the blog, but the post in particular applies
VG247 has an editorial on this very subject that I'm talking about, as well:
http://www.vg247.com/2011/09/09/dead-islands-feminist-whore-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/This comment was edited on Sep 10, 2011, 02:54.