Naomi

“Just leave gender out of it ” I wish I could have just told that to all the men who excluded, harassed, and threatened me since I started playing FPS games at 13 years old

When I was 11, playing an MMO with my real name, almost every day I'd get people saying stuff like "Did you know your name backwards is I-moan? Lets find out how loud I can make you moan baby..." I'd say I'm 11. "Ooh, fresh, even better" I just wanted to play the damn game.

Why not? Harassment is gross at any age, and if the reason to not play games is because people will harass you if you're a girl or a woman.... Maybe the issue is the people harassing us, not the fact that we're playing.

You can easily do both. There are many games made for children, and many online games are marketed towards younger audiences, or were when MMOs were booming. But the point isn't whether or not games are healthy for your brain - It's that harassment is plentiful and disgusting