Female Gamer "Sexually Assaulted" While Playing PS3

[Zeroresistence]

Thats like saying teabaging in halo 3 counts as raping lol

 

[zahr]

Don't want to deal with harassment and violence?

Stay the fuck out of online gaming, because we take a special joy in griefing the people who hate it most.

 

[UrsulaMin]

Gee thanks for the warm welcome.

If I'm going to be the only person to defend this someone who wants to play a non violent, non sexual game without perverts following them around, than so be it.

It's pretty unfortunate that being uncomofortable with being stalked online apparently makes you a social outcast who apparently "needs to be raped". Charming. You think SHE overexagerated? Give me a break.

Yes, I'm aware this is the internet. The level of violence expressed against this girl for her complaints on this thread already makes me wonder if she shouldn't be more afraid.

 

[Ildecia]

[HEADING=1]NOT THE CROUCH EMOTE![/HEADING]

Seriously, this isn't sexual assault. This is some douchebag being an idiot and thinking that he's funny.

couldn't have put it better myself

 

[kronoset]

"The Playstation 3--It does EVERYTHING", including the facilitation of virtual rape


On another note

"An Australian newspaper picked up the story today and opined that just because such attacks occurred in a game, that doesn't mean that they aren't real."

they came up with that all by themselves? Amazing.

 

[kronoset]

Gee thanks for the warm welcome.

If I'm going to be the only person to defend this someone who wants to play a non violent, non sexual game without perverts following them around, than so be it.

It's pretty unfortunate that being uncomofortable with being stalked online apparently makes you a social outcast who apparently "needs to be raped". Charming. You think SHE overexagerated? Give me a break.

Yes, I'm aware this is the internet. The level of violence expressed against this girl for her complaints on this thread already makes me wonder if she shouldn't be more afraid.

Well sadly, every young person must go through rite of passage in which they discover that the internet is not place for virtue and honor--no, it is the dumping ground for that which would not be spoken in society. The internet does not discriminate nor does it spare the self-esteem. If you expect anything else, then you should stick to the physical world (though to be honest, healthy exchange of ideas is not much better there nowadays)

 

[Gamegeneral]

Anyone ever read "A rape in Cyberspace"?
Not the same thing by a long shot, but that's the first thing I thought of.

 

[L9OBL]

who actually plays home anymore? it sux. plus you can't get assaulted on the internet last time i checked rape and molestation is impossible online. so get over it are you seriously going to get scared cause he "put his face in your ass" on home seriously grow some balls if the many dicks act like that fight back trash em, laugh it up. my sis used to go on home and whenever she got annoyed by those pple she laughed and annoyed them back till the left or she changed location cause its impossible to get followed when you change location cause of the diff servers he has like a 1/1000000 chance of getting the same server and unless he was on her friends list he can't follow. its like saying you got murdered when you get owned in COD moron

 

[L9OBL]

ITS A GAME.ITS NOT REAL. not to side with the douche who thought this was funny, but for real. people dont sue for t-bagging each others dead bodies in halo, do they? its in a game. its not real, and never will be (hopefully). you cannot connect the real world and games like this, or else frumpy mom will win.

Kudos to that its morons like these two that give the frumpy moms their idea's of video games are satanism

 

[AgentNein]

The problem here isn't that someone is being a whiny *****, or that people are immature, or even that people get teabagged in halo all the time.

The problem here is that here is a girl who was essentially harrased for the heinous crime of being a A GURL ON TEH INTERNETS. Realistically, weather or not you consider the game world to be "real" or not, no one should be expected to sit and allow someone to harrass them just for existing.

Because in this situation, all she can do is quit. She can't get up and go shoot some guys in the face or make an attempt to redeem herself from the humiliation of being sexually objectified in-game. She has no recourse, except of course, to run away and be properly shamed for attempting to particpate without being a sexual object.

This isn't assault on the level we'd expect in the physical world. Translate these actions to the real world and it IS assault and harrasment. Home is trying to live somewhere between the game world and the real world, which translates this behaviour from "harmless fun" to sexual harrasment.

People of all genders deserve respect, be it online or off.

Truth.

 

[AgentNein]

The problem here isn't that someone is being a whiny *****, or that people are immature, or even that people get teabagged in halo all the time.

The problem here is that here is a girl who was essentially harrased for the heinous crime of being a A GURL ON TEH INTERNETS. Realistically, weather or not you consider the game world to be "real" or not, no one should be expected to sit and allow someone to harrass them just for existing.

Because in this situation, all she can do is quit. She can't get up and go shoot some guys in the face or make an attempt to redeem herself from the humiliation of being sexually objectified in-game. She has no recourse, except of course, to run away and be properly shamed for attempting to particpate without being a sexual object.

This isn't assault on the level we'd expect in the physical world. Translate these actions to the real world and it IS assault and harrasment. Home is trying to live somewhere between the game world and the real world, which translates this behaviour from "harmless fun" to sexual harrasment.

People of all genders deserve respect, be it online or off.

I know this is your first post, and you're obviously unexperienced with the Escapist, but... That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. It is not harmless fun, I agree with that, but what it IS is harmless idiocy. Not sexual harassment.

Hey smart guy. What do you call harassment dealing with sex or gender? I'll give you three guesses, but only three.

And yes Halo players t-bag eachother. Sports players slap each other on the behind too, but is it the same when they do the same to a woman?

Point being people are being alienated due to gender. That's just lame as shit.

 

[Boxpopper]

No offense, but...

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She needs to get over it. It's just a person being annoying online (like that doesn't happen often) and has no where near the psychological damages real sexual assualt can cause.

I mean sure its stupid when someone is messing with you like that, and its stupid as well to tell her that she should just "log off" because she has just as much right to play as anyone.

However, having the idea that this is a real problem and that they are throwing crap on Sony for letting happen is pure, steaming, bullshit.

 

[wolfgamesstudios]

No offense, but...

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She needs to get over it. It's just a person being annoying online (like that doesn't happen often) and has no where near the psychological damages real sexual assualt can cause.

I mean sure its stupid when someone is messing with you like that, and its stupid as well to tell her that she should just "log off" because she has just as much right to play as anyone.

However, having the idea that this is a real problem and that they are throwing crap on Sony for letting happen is pure, steaming, bullshit.

If you think this makes her feel uncomforatble, imagine if she DID get assaulted.

no humor intended, i can imagine cold nights locked in a closet somewhere.

whoever did this to her was NOT trying to get pleasure form doing this, and was probably only joking around. its not real world, its merely a game.

p.s. if she cannot even handle THIS maybe she should not be playing games IN THE FIRST PLACE.

 

[BlindChance]

People of all genders deserve respect, be it online or off.

Hear, hear. Well spoken, Ursula. The fundamental issue here is the lack of respect.

And from the overwhelming response from this thread, it's not a small problem. Maybe the Escapist could do a wider article on this.

 

[TheFacelessOne]

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

This is just retarded. As said before, is it murdered when your killed in multiplayer?

 

[Vigilantis]

Bahahahaha...."She was sexually harassed under the Festive Tree" hahahahaha.

Now I got to go follow around female avatars in home and crouch emote them even though most are just men pretending to be gals.

 

[Zer_]

The problem here isn't that someone is being a whiny *****, or that people are immature, or even that people get teabagged in halo all the time.

The problem here is that here is a girl who was essentially harrased for the heinous crime of being a A GURL ON TEH INTERNETS. Realistically, weather or not you consider the game world to be "real" or not, no one should be expected to sit and allow someone to harrass them just for existing.

Because in this situation, all she can do is quit. She can't get up and go shoot some guys in the face or make an attempt to redeem herself from the humiliation of being sexually objectified in-game. She has no recourse, except of course, to run away and be properly shamed for attempting to particpate without being a sexual object.

This isn't assault on the level we'd expect in the physical world. Translate these actions to the real world and it IS assault and harrasment. Home is trying to live somewhere between the game world and the real world, which translates this behaviour from "harmless fun" to sexual harrasment.

People of all genders deserve respect, be it online or off.

No, no it isn't sexual harassment. Even thinking it is so is a disrespect to those who have been sexually assaulted. Ì'm sorry but beyond being an obvious lack of respect on the griefer's part, there's no grounds for any kind of assault case.

She would have to go to Sony themselves to take action against the abusive user. There is an EULA or a set of rules all Home users must follow, and if Sony doesn't enforce these regulations then the problem is most definitely with Sony's failure to moderate their online space.

I wouldn't go passing this off as a traumatic experience at all. That's just disrespecting those who actually DIDN'T have an off button when they were being physically assaulted.

 

[Ladie Au Pair]

I got so frazzled by this I new I couldn't post it in a reply so I blogged about it, lol.

http://thoughtsfromagirlgamer.com/2010/01/20/sexual-assaults-hit-playstation-home/

I end it with a Penny Arcade Comic about Playstation Home. You should check the link, if only for the comic.