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Women experience guilt, shame and exclusion in gaming culture, study finds

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Women experience guilt, shame and exclusion in gaming culture, study finds

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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days ago

Researchers surveyed 1,000 women of all ages across the UK who play mobile games

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Being a girl trying to talk about video games with boys was generally horrible, it’s not just the multiplayer experience, the ‘you like games, then name every X ever!’ followed by bullying has been alive and well for over 30 years.

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