Current Connection 3.1

In the Washington Times Article Entitled "Report: Nearly half of gamers are women" written by Annie Z. Yu, She informs us about how even though half of the gaming population are female, they are still thought of as the minority in a male dominated culture of gaming. Females are considered rare even though they make up half of the gaming population and are harassed and treated lowly.

Written in the article "Every time fellow gamers realize she is a woman, she said, they make surprised, derogatory or sexually suggestive comments". Females are clearly not treated as equals in the gaming community. Though half of the population are females, they are thought of as rare and so treated harshly as they move into a male dominated culture.

Quoted from the article"It goes from that, to if you win a game, they think you’re cheating or that it’s not really you playing, and they think it’s your boyfriend or your husband, because there’s no possible way a woman could be playing that well". Playing typical male games, Males regard females as below themselves because males tend to think of themselves as dominate, especially in the field of gaming.

quoted from the article"His daughter Allison is finishing her third year at the University of California, Riverside. Now 21, Allison still plays computer games — mainly, 'League of Legends' and 'Borderlands 2.' Clearly females are entering the field mainly dominated by male players and therefore males are seeing the new trend. Though since the field is mostly male dominated, they are regarded as lowly.

This connects to me because I am also a gamer and i know the stereotypes females have. I rarely see females playing League of legends or any other game usually so knowing a female is playing makes the situation different because you are use to playing with males.

Females are entering section of gaming traditionally played by mainly males, and therefore will face discrimination but I think that with time, females will become common enough that playing with them will eventually become the norm.