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The idea that there are a limited pool of stereotypes that most female characters in video games are drawn doesn't seem to me to be at all controversial. Anita
by roguecoder 14y ago
The idea that there are a limited pool of stereotypes that most female characters in video games are drawn doesn't seem to me to be at all controversial. Anita Sarkeesian is possibly the dullest, least-controversial feminist ever; that she would be targeted for this basically says any woman could be.
These harassers are attempting censorship through intimidation and abuse. The question is how we stand up and condemn their cruel, petty, misogynistic behavior in a way that will do any good.
- lsb 14y agoOne example: when Heroku/Mongo/Apigee/etc rescinded their support from the Sqoot API Jam after women were offered as one of the perks alongside beer. There are many things to do, but a solid first step is not tacitly condoning hateful speech or deeds. The next step is to create a welcoming environment. It's not obvious how to do it (for example, avoid employees taking a dark unsupervised walk to their mode of transit to go home), but would you want to be somewhere where random anonymous strangers could verbally assault you, and you had no legal recourse? That's the social environment that YouTube has made.