The Sexism Problem of Overwatch and Gaming

The issue of sexism in Overwatch and gaming in general is not discussed anywhere near enough. The fact that women are still so frequently targeted for harassment in-game, simply because of their gender, is a point of shame in this community. It's time we #SpeakUp and made a change.



References at the bottom.


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References:
1 - http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/2010/01/75-percent-of-women-have-been-followed-by-a-stranger/
2 - https://www.theesa.com/esa-research/2019-essential-facts-about-the-computer-and-video-game-industry/

3 - https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/leadership-and-political-participation/facts-and-figures
4 - https://hbr.org/2018/10/how-men-get-penalized-for-straying-from-masculine-norms
5 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26689089
6 - https://www.apa.org/pi/about/publications/caregivers/faq/statistics
7 - https://www.caregiver.org/caregiver-statistics-demographics
8 - https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/31/skillz-top-10-mobile-esports-players-won-8-million-in-2018/
9 - https://www.esportswizard.com/news/mobile-esports/skillz-paid-8m-in-esports-prizes-in-2018-to-10-players/
10 - https://www.esportsearnings.com/history/2018/top_players

11 - https://venturebeat.com/2019/02/21/interpret-female-esports-viewership-grew-6-5-percentage-points-over-two-years/
12 - https://www.apa.org/action/resources/research-in-action/share
13 - Digitized Lives, (2013) T.V. Reed
14 - https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2015-17472-001
15 - https://hbr.org/2018/10/how-men-get-penalized-for-straying-from-masculine-norms
16 - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11469-018-9962-0