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75. Why single out gamers?

I agree with much of what you say, my only objection is the singling out of gamers. I would agree with you that gamers do need to do more to combat misogyny, but I would say that of most of society as well. I don't see any reason why gamers need to be singled out for special scrutiny.

I do agree that there are many games that do present an extremely unrealistic and sexist portrayal of women, but the same is true of most forms of mass media. The way to combat that is to see the big picture and recognize that this is a problem that is not limited to the gaming community, we can and certainly need to demand better from the game developers but we also need to recognize that sexism in the gaming community is not seperate from the sexism in the rest of society.

I want to be very clear that I don't think gamers should get a pass, I don't think any group should get a pass. I do think sexist gamers need to be called out, just as sexist sports fans need to be called out, sexism in movies and books needs to be called out, sexism in the work place needs to be called out, sexism all over American society needs to be called out and we can't single out gamers when they are just one very small part of a much larger problem.