Social Experiment: Too much Feminism?

Senpai Lux·1/12/2019, 11:59:55 PM·9 votes·3,209 views

So lately I see a lot of news about how women are so mistreated in the gaming world. I couldn't help but notice that most of the articles were written by women too. I thought it seemed to stem from bitterness and was wishing that they would take the drama out of a "fun" environment. That is until a couple days ago when I changed my summoner name, and boy was I shocked at the player response. My old name was Kohai Lux, which would sometimes generate thoughts that I was a female, but nothing ever seemed to come of it, being that I wasn't always assumed I was a female. Then I changed my name to "Nuka Girl Lux". Mainly to display my passion for Fallout and League of Legends. I did not anticipate the responses I would receive. Comments such as "I hate E-girls", and "E-Girls ruin the game." I would also receive comments like "hey NGL (Nuka Girl Lux) baby I'll help you win this game." One game where I played support, the 'KAYN' player intentionally threw the game just to kill me as much as possible, hating on "E-girls" and telling me how I shouldn't be playing LOL. I myself personally think that there is so much media focus on "How women are so mistreated", but now I can understand why they feel that way. You would too if you were being treated that way every game just because you are a female. I was raised to be a gentlemen, so on the behalf of all the bitchy guys who cant handle the thought of losing to a girl, I apologize for the insecure guys out there, and I will continue to show respect to guys and girls alike as a sportsmanlike player, and ask that you do the same in return for me.

34 Comments

Deep Terror Nami1/13/2019, 12:14:11 AM10 votes

The thing is, there are a lot of kids (or immature adults) who will target you with misogynistic comments, but it usually has absolutely nothing to do with you being female (or appearing to be so); these people target insecurities and will take anything you give them to use as ammunition to trigger you and make them feel important and powerful. This could be your gender or sex (yes those are different things people), ethnicity, nationality, religion and so on. They are not likely racist or sexist (some really are, unfortunately) but are just taking an opening presented to them.

Obviously this does not mean their behavior is ok, because it absolutely isn't, it just means that people aren't usually doing it because they actually hate that part about you.

Arcade Lulu1/13/2019, 12:05:05 AM4 votes

females are just mistreated everywhere and it's annoying

Honestly i've wanted to quit playing league so many times because of those fragile guys who just harass me in games

R107 Games1/13/2019, 12:26:16 AM3 votes

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Jo0o1/13/2019, 4:09:52 AM2 votes

You can count on the gaming community to display a shocking level of misogyny if given an excuse to do so, and it's fucking disturbing to see. At my most optimistic I can hope it's a vocal minority, but it's consistent and predictable. It's at the point where I will frequently recommend to female gamers changing their names to something gender-neutral, though I hate doing so.

DNFVixen1/13/2019, 9:04:11 AM2 votes

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So lately I see a lot of news about how women are so mistreated in the gaming world. I couldn't help but notice that most of the articles were written by women too. I thought it seemed to stem from bitterness and was wishing that they would take the drama out of a "fun" environment. That is until a couple days ago when I changed my summoner name, and boy was I shocked at the player response. My old name was Kohai Lux, which would sometimes generate thoughts that I was a female, but nothing ever seemed to come of it, being that I wasn't always assumed I was a female. Then I changed my name to "Nuka Girl Lux". Mainly to display my passion for Fallout and League of Legends. I did not anticipate the responses I would receive. Comments such as "I hate E-girls", and "E-Girls ruin the game." I would also receive comments like "hey NGL (Nuka Girl Lux) baby I'll help you win this game." One game where I played support, the 'KAYN' player intentionally threw the game just to kill me as much as possible, hating on "E-girls" and telling me how I shouldn't be playing LOL. I myself personally think that there is so much media focus on "How women are so mistreated", but now I can understand why they feel that way. You would too if you were being treated that way every game just because you are a female. I was raised to be a gentlemen, so on the behalf of all the bitchy guys who cant handle the thought of losing to a girl, I apologize for the insecure guys out there, and I will continue to show respect to guys and girls alike as a sportsmanlike player, and ask that you do the same in return for me.

I have been harassed in about 1/3rd of my games due to being female. If I fail to shield my ADC in the 1/4th of the second a talon jumps on them from invisible I am bad because I am female. (I hate this oneshot meta)

Moody P1/13/2019, 12:10:38 AM2 votes

women can't handle banter? lul, those people would probably still be flaming you even if they didnt think you were a girl; it's just low hanging fruit, same as any allusion to race or sexual preference gives them easy ammo

Xidphel1/13/2019, 2:46:24 AM2 votes

Social Experiment

All I need to see.

MrFawknSunshine1/13/2019, 12:02:30 AM1 votes

lol you need to look outside the gaming communities.

there are news reports that being a man is sexist by biology. another one that says if you eat meat it makes you sexist towards women and so on.