Men Who are Bad at Video Games More Likely to Show Hostility to Women

[Pyrrho]

I am female and not a gamer;


but a male friend of mine who is a very good gamer
describes the many asshole males he encounters, frequently;
usually young males.


So maybe the hostility isn't exclusively targeted at females,
but females are more likely than males to be the recipient,
as they may seem like an easier target to bully (if they are present)
and especially if they are the minority.

I would say it is worth investigating all-female environments to discover if there is a corresponding dynamic there,
like a girls school.

Maybe an insecure bully is just an insecure bully, wherever you go.

You should take another look at the opening post.  I posted this there, and it is from the study abstract:

We show that lower-skilled players were more hostile towards a female-voiced teammate, especially when performing poorly. In contrast, lower-skilled players behaved submissively towards a male-voiced player in the identical scenario.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article...ne.0131613

Please note in particular the second sentence in that quote.  So, no, it is not simply that they are targeting males and females equally based on the situation.  They are treating males and females differently in the same situation.  They are hostile to females and submissive to males in the same situation.

[MTL]

I am female and not a gamer;


but a male friend of mine who is a very good gamer
describes the many asshole males he encounters, frequently;
usually young males.


So maybe the hostility isn't exclusively targeted at females,
but females are more likely than males to be the recipient,
as they may seem like an easier target to bully (if they are present)
and especially if they are the minority.

I would say it is worth investigating all-female environments to discover if there is a corresponding dynamic there,
like a girls school.

Maybe an insecure bully is just an insecure bully, wherever you go.

You should take another look at the opening post.  I posted this there, and it is from the study abstract:

We show that lower-skilled players were more hostile towards a female-voiced teammate, especially when performing poorly. In contrast, lower-skilled players behaved submissively towards a male-voiced player in the identical scenario.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article...ne.0131613

Please note in particular the second sentence in that quote.  So, no, it is not simply that they are targeting males and females equally based on the situation.  They are treating males and females differently in the same situation.  They are hostile to females and submissive to males in the same situation.

I beg your pardon.  You're right, I didn't read it carefully enough.