Since your statement is overly broad, I'll address the probable root as online harassment. First, men are more likely to receive any form of harassment online,

Since your statement is overly broad, I'll address the probable root as online harassment. First, men are more likely to receive any form of harassment online, while women are more likely to receive harassment in the form of sexual threats or stalking: http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/online-harassment/pi_2014-10-22__online-harassment-03/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/online-harassment/pi_2... This is widely believed to be because each form of harassment is specifically targeted to have the maximum effect on the victim. Women are more generally upset by sexual harassment, men are generally more upset by emasculation. Second, the reason the media narrative seems skewed in the opposite direction is because women are generally more likely to be upset by harassment: http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/online-harassment/pi_2014-10-22__online-harassment-15/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/online-harassment/pi_2... But neither of those studies are particularly important, because "gaming" is a market so huge that it basically encompasses the entire population, or at least a significant enough portion that any truthful statements that could be made about "gamers" would likely hold equally true of the superset. Overly broad statements such as yours actually hinder the cause of preventing the above issues, as it denies the existence of healthy and positive women gamers. By getting an accurate picture of harassment in general and how to address it we can more effectively treat it, but painting the whole issue as "because men hate women" is an uninformed appeal to emotion and overly defeatist. It implies that the problem is either unsolvable or only solved by removing men entirely.