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Women experience guilt, shame and exclusion in gaming culture, study finds (www.stir.ac.uk)

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There was that study that found that the men most aggressive towards women in gaming were those less skilled than them, I think about that one a lot

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

That same "study" uses evolution psychology which was proven to be not reliable. But hey at least we get to demonize men right as always.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

The explanation for the data uses evolution psychology, but that doesn't invalidate the data itself.

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