This Powerful Video Shows Just How Violent Online Harassment Is for Women in Sports

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34. Gamers...

...get carried away I think, and it could be a overreaction for being called out and being overly defensive. People online get away with smack talk that they normally couldn't. Of the few times I was online and played games with text chat I don't recall too much hate, but on ones like the more recent Grand Theft I would get a bunch of smack talk calling me gay since I was a guy, and that is the default. When I owned it, said something along the lines of I am gay, and I love it, are you hitting on me, or do you need some advice...I found that it blew their minds that I was not affected. It seemed to destroy their power and they left or went quiet. Not sure what one could say as a woman to get around them. It would be a fun thing to do some research on the best anti-bully comeback for women dealing with this crap. It would be far better if it never happened, but just saying, it is fun to shoot down a online bully.

Oh but I just had the negative thought that my own actions of taking their power away may not be solving the issue, but making them bottle it up more since some people bully because they were bullied. Victims are far more important, but it still now I am feeling a bit bad for shooting down bullies.