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Have you ever had the experience of wanting to sit down after a stressful day, relax and unwind, and play a game online to blow off some steam, only to be told youโre fat, ugly, and need to go back to the kitchen? If youโre a woman, you most likely have, with 58% of female PC and console gamers having faced some form of abuse from male gamers (Bustos-Ortega, et al., 2023). The unfortunate reality that is faced today is that misogyny still runs rampant throughout the world, and especially in male
I vividly remember my first real experience being exposed to the world of gaming when I was young. My father was playing Call of Duty in our living room, my mother telling me to stay in my room and not to watch because it was too violent. I snuck out and peeked at my dad playing, and I thought it seemed fun. He ended up catching me, and without my mother knowing, sitting me on his lap and letting me hold the controller. That moment instilled a passion and love for the gaming industry. With over
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