Poll: BBC News Article: Sexual harrasment in video games

[Dragoon]

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That my friend was beautiful, I can't believe how many people are just saying mute them and deal with it, like it's an acceptable thing. Makes me feel worried about gamers as a community.

 

[johnnnny guitar]

Welcome to the internet where 90% of the people you meet are assholes.
There's a mute button for a reason.
I do however like how they mentioned some ways in which people are trying to change that unfortunately they were Extra's Credits Ideas which I thought 99% of were stupid.

 

[DaWaffledude]

The problem is that they usually come in groups, meaning that they back each other up when you call them out on their BS.

 

[wetnap]

Listened to the documentary, it was a so so piece, but sided on the calls for sanitizing the game culture, there is enough santizing of everything else in real life to get so prudish online. Its a testosterone culture, and frankly the issue of having to listen to little boys on mics at all is worse than any sexual harrassment at all. Perhaps women in real life have been too insulated from smack talk, irl men are expected to socially brush off a certain amount of bs as it shows they don't have thin skin, women of course have been raised in a culture where someone always needs to be reprimanded if they are made to feel bad, rather than to stick up for themselves.

In the end it comes down to this, smack talk is nothing if you just got pwn3d. If you get smack talked and you can't fight back then that kinda spells out the situation for us, no one who delivers an ass kicking after being bitched at is going to complain so much. Actions speak louder than words. Its merit out there, the smack has to be backed by the win.

 

[Saladfork]

Look, this isn't unique to women. If you break down after being called names over the interwebz, you probably shouldn't be using them at all, no matter what your sex/race/religion/creed.

It's a fact of life that you need to develop a thick skin if you're going to interact with new people to any great degree, especially in a consequnce-freee environment.

 

[Xan Krieger]

People treating each other like crap online is no big deal, it's the problem with everyone being anonymous and unless you want everyone to use their real names online I would suggest those people who play online get thicker skin.

 

[Valiard]

I like how everyone thinks that the solution to the issue is to regulate people are people and the internet is a free area where people can say what they want if you dont like what they are saying either mute, fire back,or leave its not that hard. Bitching about it is only going to get some hastily made, poorly implemented solution slapped on that no one will like and that will be the new sore spot of the week... seriously sick of those "everything must be happiness and sunshine always people."

 

[Don Savik]

Its a bummer that little kids and ignorant dipshits troll women on the games they like still. I haven't experienced it because I have no friends or community to voice chat with and I play PC games mainly so.....yea I can only speculate.

I mean, you can really only blame the anonymity of the people playing games. Unless you have competent people in administrative roles, you can't really do much. If you don't have a decent person running a server, or nobody running a server, then you really are just shit out of luck.

My best advice is to find servers of games with mic chat and respectable people admin-ing them. Or just always play with friends.

 

[Valiard]

^^^^ This guy

 

[Clearing the Eye]

Look, this isn't unique to women. If you break down after being called names over the interwebz, you probably shouldn't be using them at all, no matter what your sex/race/religion/creed.

It's a fact of life that you need to develop a thick skin if you're going to interact with new people to any great degree, especially in a consequnce-freee environment.

I don't see why one should have to be willing to cop abuse just to come into contact with others. It seems you are suggesting it is a fact of life, rather than something to be worked on and improved. I would hope we will one day be beyond name-calling.