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Prof. Chris Ferguson: "There is little evidence linking video games to "toxic masculinity" or sexism toward women. Moral panics and prejudice toward gaming communities remain common. A new report repeats familiar patterns of moral panic and misinformation about games and gamers." (www.psychologytoday.com)
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– Assassin47 12 points 4 years ago +12 / -0

You can be "toxic" about a lot of things. I won't say it doesn't exist, but it's a vacuous term that depends on the listener and the context of the discussion.

You can be masculine or even "hyper-masculine". That's not necessarily a bad thing for a male. It can be a good thing. Every man a king.

There's no reason to connect the two ideas. That the phrase became popularized is evidence that we live under a toxic feminist cultural order.

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– Smith1980 21 points 4 years ago +21 / -0

And yet gaming companies will still hire grifters like quinn and sarkesian.

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But anyone with any sense should see these women hate gaming and gamers

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– yeldarb1983 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

refreshing, but dunno how useful it is in the public sphere...

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– MR_FROG_TRUMP 3 points 4 years ago +3 / -0

I personally believe there is an ulterior motive to demonize all gamers. They're going to keep trying.

Why? I think gaming develop pattern recognition skills in young people.

A set of skills they noticed that it would be detrimental to their global plans.

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– yvaN_ehT_nioJ 2 points 4 years ago +2 / -0

Well of course a MAN would say that smh my head

yikes oof not a good look he needs to do better

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