“Based on a representative sampling of 163 games of Halo 3 played last year, researchers show the worse a male player was, the more likely he was to verbally abuse a female teammate, with the likelihood increasing if she was also someone to whom they were losing. (Almost as if they hated the thought of a woman succeeding in an area they viewed as their own.) Even when the team prevented data skewing by controlling for the routine shit-talkers, the results were the same.
Now, this study doesn’t include demographic data like age or background, and one could argue that people playing Halo 3 don’t exactly make for an accurate sampling of all video game players. But it certainly does make for a relatively accurate sample of dudes who play games like Halo 3. So the next time you hear a male player treating a female player worse than her male counterparts, take comfort in the knowledge that it’s probably because that guy sucks, and not just in life.”
Someone give me some fucking tea.
Sexist guys suck at video games, science says
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