Growing up, females were told that they can only do certain things in life and leave the males to do the rest. One of those things were females being told that video games were only specifically for males. Over the years, more females are getting involved within the community and the males do not agree. When playing online games like Call of Duty for example, when males find out that they were playing against or with a female then they will not hesitate to trash talk them due to their misogynistic mind. But also, it is very rarely when you meet men that do not care about gender and actually support and hype the females up. This issue is important due to men being taught that they are better than females along with females growing up being told that they can’t do what males do. The female gamers who raise awareness to this issue inspires little girls growing up, that they can do whatever they put their mind and no matter who says otherwise whether it’s the same gender or the opposite, etc.
Another issue is that females are sexualized in the video game and/or play a minor part within the story. Most games were designed for the male audience and gaze like Grand Theft Auto 5 for example which had a female dressed in a bikini on the cover. Female streamers/game developers had become more vocal about their experience within the gaming community along with their opinions on certain games. Brianna Wu became a target when she spoke publicly about the gaming industry and how sexist it is. She constantly received threats of rape, death and more along with her family members. Her fighting for women to be viewed in a different light in these video games had caused her mental health to be ruined since others will not change their ways. In the Interventionists book it states, “We watch as the defense of a community garden is turned into an Off-Broadway hit and join with the Reverend as he preaches love and peace to the crowds that gathered spontaneously in Union Square after the attacks of September 11” (60). Reverend Billy was extremely vocal about consumerism and religion that he didn’t hold back when talking to others about it, but the difference is despite other people not agreeing with him, he didn’t receive threats like Brianna did.
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