A studio "didn't hire women because women don't play first-person shooters"

Ah... Maybe that is why you SHOULD hire women. 🤦‍♀️

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@boilingsteam @grumpygamer Even if your assumptions were correct and women didn't play shooters (they absolutely do) or there were no men involved in designing tampons (there very likely are), your conclusion doesn't make sense. You hire a diverse group of people to broaden your audience. Hiring a woman won't make the game less attractive to men but they might have ideas that make them more attractive to women and in the end you sell more copies. Nobody says you should *only* hire women.

@boilingsteam @grumpygamer Also weird to compare a target audience formed by social norms with one formed by anatomic necessity. Last time I checked, shooters weren't controlled with a penis.

(Also, trans women are women, trans men are men and nonbinary people exist but I wouldn't expect you to even consider that)