Getting particular enjoyment out of beating/killing suffragettes in RDR2, or laughing about it and posting it on YT, is fucked up, as is getting particular enjoyment out of beating/killing trans sex workers in GTA 5. This is obvious.
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As a woman and a trans person who has endured no shortage of hostility for being a woman and a trans person in gaming spaces, I hope people understand why the idea of gamers taking particular glee in brutalizing these characters BECAUSE they are women or trans might concern me.
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What is the impulse there? Where does it come from? There is no charitable explanation at all for why a player might enjoy singling out these specific characters and deliberately causing violence to them specifically.
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The head of YouTube gaming actually stepped in to reinstate the hate videos, thank a misogynist for his input and stated that the reviewer will be 'educated' to prevent them from repeating this 'mistake'. I am shocked(!)pic.twitter.com/6dTjyDJSTL
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Sometimes I wonder what it must be like working as a moderator for these shitty companies like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, trying to do the right thing only for your boss to make it absolutely clear to you that this is their base.
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