POLL: Is Sexual Harassment During Online Gaming OK or Wrong?
Female online gamers are getting targeted when they reveal their gender to competitors.
Trash-talking during a casual game of baseball is one thing. Batta-Batta-Swing!
But sexually abusing somebody during a video game chat is another matter altogether.
Abusive sexually-tainted taunts aimed at female players during online video games are more common and aggressive than ever before, according to Forbes.com.
In these games, players can chat in real time with their opponents on the other side of the country or world while their avatars fight each other. The chatting technology is intended to enhance the gaming experience, but for some it is turning into real-life harassment. And it's mainly aimed at women, according to The New York Times.
In an example this year that has sparked a national debate, gamer Miranda Pakozdi endured sexual harassment from her coach that was so intense that she chose to forfeit competition in a recent Cross Assault video game tournament. In a video of the harassment during the competition her coach launches into a 13-minute stream of sexually-themed remarks while she played the game. (caution this is not for all audiences.)
So you tell us. Is it all part of the game, or does it have to stop?
Kimber Malloy
1:22 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
Whats your bra size and do you have to go #1 or #2? WOW-i voted no and nothing men say is really ever improtant and it is VERY insulting every time but cmon. i worked as a bartender-should hear what people say to you since they feel that dollar or 2 they are giving you. bra size? thats almost a compliment to what me and every female (and men too i guess) server/waitress/bartender deals/dealt with 24/7. Lets say its ALL over the top and proves most people are (fill in expletive)'s. And really-sitting in a basement playing video games with a bunch of guys-she knew exactly she would hear that.