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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days ago

Women experience guilt, shame and exclusion in gaming culture, study finds

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Women experience guilt, shame and exclusion in gaming culture, study finds

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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days ago
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Researchers surveyed 1,000 women of all ages across the UK who play mobile games
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    Many men are emotionally unable to accept things like this. I think the reasoning goes like

    • i’m a good person
    • i like my hobby
    • someone is saying bad things about my hobby
    • this makes me feel bad, so it must be false
    • furthermore, the person bringing it up is attacking me

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief_perseverance

    Facts don’t matter. There’s really nothing you can do if you’re not someone they like.

    I also think about this comic a lot: https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1151.html - Some people are too cowardly to grow.

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      This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone link an oots comic. Nice pick.

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      I also think it may be just… sexism… I know people who behave like this towards women, but not other men…

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