{"id":18242,"date":"2015-04-30T17:23:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T22:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=18242"},"modified":"2015-11-12T08:29:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T14:29:59","slug":"more-women-are-playing-but-gamer-culture-remains-crude-rude-and-male-dominated-uwm-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/more-women-are-playing-but-gamer-culture-remains-crude-rude-and-male-dominated-uwm-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"More women are playing, but gamer culture remains crude, rude and male-dominated, UWM study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18244\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-002_j1-25ntdr5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18244\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-002_j1-25ntdr5.jpg\" alt=\"UWM doctoral students Ben Baker and Arrington Stoll say their study of the experiences of female gamers shows that the culture is still male-dominated, and can be crude and rude.\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-002_j1-25ntdr5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-002_j1-25ntdr5-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UWM doctoral students Ben Baker and Arrington Stoll say their study of the experiences of female gamers shows that the culture is still male-dominated, and can be crude and rude.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Misogyny is a defining characteristic of gaming culture, even though half of the players now are female.<\/p>\n<p>Women who game face unwelcome sexual advances and crude condemnations of their skills, say Benjamin Baker and Arrington Stoll, UWM doctoral students who recently completed a study on the topic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18246\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-004_j2-16d4aeu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18246\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-004_j2-16d4aeu.jpg\" alt=\"UWM doctoral student Arrington Stoll got into gaming as a way of keeping in touch with her brother when he went off to college. Now she\u2019s working on a study of female gamers\u2019 experiences.\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UWM doctoral student Arrington Stoll got into gaming as a way of keeping in touch with her brother when he went off to college. Now she\u2019s working on a study of female gamers\u2019 experiences.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cVideo games have historically been steeped in hypermasculine culture,\u201d said Baker, 31, a lifelong gamer. \u201cGames have been developed by men and marketed to men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the audience has evolved, the sexualized characterization of women has not. The streets, dungeons and battlefields are more realistic than ever but still populated by brawny males and a few women clad in cleavage-revealing costumes.<\/p>\n<p>Stoll, 28, began playing about six years to stay connected with her younger brother when he went off to college. She played a character with masculine traits in the online Xbox 360 game Call of Duty, but her feminine username and voice were immediate giveaways (players wear headsets and communicate with one another).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was terrible at first,\u201d said Stoll, who was berated in crude language when, as a newcomer, she didn\u2019t perform well. \u201cMy brother would stick up for me,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019d say \u2018Hey, that\u2019s my sister!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two agreed that the study benefitted from having a man and woman involved.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18245\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-003_j3-1k26uqm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18245\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-003_j3-1k26uqm.jpg\" alt=\"UWM doctoral student Ben Baker has been studying the often-negative experiences of female gamers. But he says gaming has a positive side too, with many gamers developing friendships across long distances.\" width=\"300\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-003_j3-1k26uqm.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-003_j3-1k26uqm-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UWM doctoral student Ben Baker has been studying the often-negative experiences of female gamers. But he says gaming has a positive side too, with many gamers developing friendships across long distances.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou have to look at this from an unbiased viewpoint,\u201d Stoll said. \u201cSome might have said that of course I\u2019d come to a certain conclusion. He (Baker) brought another viewpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twenty gamers between the ages of 18 and 52 participated in the study, describing similar experiences. All had assigned popular gaming names to preserve anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(M)ale players will sometimes be very rude and inappropriate in general chat channels \u2013 making comments about things like rape, for instance, or racial comments,\u201d wrote one player.<\/p>\n<p>Another respondent talked about harassment that went further. \u201cWhen my character walked away, they followed me and continued to emote that they were restraining me or touching me in a sexual nature. I felt violated and upset\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet another talked about being stalked after giving identifying information to a male player.<\/p>\n<p>Media critic and blogger Anita Sarkeesian experienced the wrath of misogynists last year when she waded into the culture wars of the gaming world. Some players took the argument offline and threatened Sarkeesian with rape and death. At least one of her speaking engagements was cancelled because of threats of mass violence. That incident and another involving a Washington Post blogger who faced similar scorn after writing about the state of gaming became known as Gamergate.<\/p>\n<p>But there can be another side to the gaming world.<\/p>\n<p>Female gamers spoke warmly about the community they found online. Baker said he knew of one couple who met through online gaming, connected in real life and married.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor every negative experience, there are far more positive,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve talked to people who have met in these games and have become friends even though they live on the other side of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baker and Stoll hope to have the paper published in a publication read not just by the gamers but also the gatekeepers, such as developers and producers, of the games. \u201cThat way it could have more impact as we continue to talk about the issues,\u201d Baker said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18243\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-001_j4-1oi4t4b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18243\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-001_j4-1oi4t4b.jpg\" alt=\"UWM doctoral students Ben Baker and Arrington Stoll say their study of the experiences of female gamers shows that the culture is still male-dominated, and can be crude and rude.\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-001_j4-1oi4t4b.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2015\/04\/Gaming-001_j4-1oi4t4b-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UWM doctoral students Ben Baker and Arrington Stoll say their study of the experiences of female gamers shows that the culture is still male-dominated, and can be crude and rude.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Misogyny is a defining characteristic of gaming culture, even though half of the players 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