Interest Question: What causes sexist attitudes in online gaming culture? Do males experience
Why: I chose this question because it’s a area of interest that I very frequently am exposed to as well. I play a variety of online games, and am exposed to sexist remarks from time to time. Although it does make me slightly annoyed and uncomfortable, I’ve learned to brush these comments aside. I’ve always been wondering why individuals grow up have this kind of mindset and how frequently this actually happens on a daily basis to male and female gamers alike. The end goal of all this is to hopefully find a way to reduce these attitudes and make the gaming environment a more family-friendly environment for everyone to partake in.
Source 1:
Viamonte, Connie M. “You Crit Like a Girl: the Performance of Female Identity in the Virtual Gaming Community World of Warcraft.” FIU ELECTRONIC THESES AND DISSERTATIONS, 13 Nov. 2015, doi:10.25148/etd.fidc000170.
Source 2:
Kowert, Rachel, et al. “Women Are From FarmVille, Men Are From ViceCity.” New Perspectives on the Social Aspects of Digital Gaming, 2017, pp. 136–150., doi:10.4324/9781315629308-9.
Source 3:
Maclean, Erin. “Girls, Guys and Games: How News Media Perpetuate Stereotypes of Male and Female Gamers.” Press Start, vol. 3, no. 1, 19 July 2016. Negotiating Gamer Identities.
