Studies on Sexism in gaming
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They still trying to push this? With a 2015 study no less. I rarely hear voice in the games I play and 9/10 I hear stuff it's someone playing obnoxiously loud music so I mute them. If a higher pitch voice does come through, first thing is:
Determine if they are a squeaker (underage) if so mute immediately and don't interact
If female, whatever unless they try to PUSH they are female so you should help them (so mute and block if required)
Gamers generally don't give a fuck and in team competitive games it doesn't matter about gender, race or religion we'll roast the fuck out of you if you suck so bad that it looks like your trolling or intentionally feeding.
They have the narrative in their head that gaming is a hostile community against women, and they have to work backwards from there to rationalize it with whatever scraps they can find.
From my personal experiences with online gaming, I always just chalked up trash talk/hostile behavior with immaturity since I only ever saw it come from younger people (mostly pre teens to early college aged kids).