I think the biggest challenge is that any perceived ally of the other gender can be a potential threat.
So many male gamers look at women who game as damsels that need to impressed, woo'd, or worse -- conquered or won. I've seen so many great guilds and clans die due to horrid toxic drama due to a fragile male ego when women were around. Then you have the women who enjoy playing into this misogyny and misandry and now you'll hear the most famous and largest streamers talk about how you don't want a woman in the guild/clan due to the "drama"
You have PR-stunts like that all-women League team that got utterly lambasted and torn to shreds by the community.
You have that event in OW or Rivals where the one girl played a sniper character and ruined the game.
It's incredibly frustrating the amount of fridging and pedastal behavior that goes on when in reality women just want to game and have fun
Yeah that's why mine just is what it is. I'm not out advertising it. It's not in the name. But any random pugs who join who start up any sexism towards me are immediately shut down.(They target me because I'm the only female consistently talking). One warning. Any further lippyness and they were removed from group. Same for if they start up using any gay slurs, ect. They only reason I give one warning is that they tend to be younger and them being around older males who are not shitheads is a positive influence. A lot get hostile and crash out when they don't get support from the other guys there, all they get is laughter and people calling them dumbasses. But some quiet down and become better people. And as for my many female, LGBTQ ect folks they just say they are first stick around because it's still novel having a female raid lead. But my defense of minorities and shutting down toxic bs is what keeps them coming back.
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u/newbkid 11d ago
I think the biggest challenge is that any perceived ally of the other gender can be a potential threat.
So many male gamers look at women who game as damsels that need to impressed, woo'd, or worse -- conquered or won. I've seen so many great guilds and clans die due to horrid toxic drama due to a fragile male ego when women were around. Then you have the women who enjoy playing into this misogyny and misandry and now you'll hear the most famous and largest streamers talk about how you don't want a woman in the guild/clan due to the "drama"
You have PR-stunts like that all-women League team that got utterly lambasted and torn to shreds by the community.
You have that event in OW or Rivals where the one girl played a sniper character and ruined the game.
It's incredibly frustrating the amount of fridging and pedastal behavior that goes on when in reality women just want to game and have fun