I get really annoyed (and, tbh, a little hurt) by “men are all stupid and bad” conversations, but gender bias is real. I’m sure it’s not conscious or malicious, but still.
And it’s very odd, too. If, statistically speaking, cisgender women are responsible for roughly 3/4 of all book sales, magazine sales, and Patreon subscriptions... Why exclude them? Excluding a clear majority of the market from “mainstream” platforms only ensures that the market will fragment and go elsewhere.
I suppose that the general readership of gaming websites used to be large enough for gender bias not to matter; but, now that videos and podcasts dominate the cultural conversation, platforms that depend on writing need as much support as they can get. Capitalism enshittifies everything, of course, but I also think the sad fate of sites like Kotaku and Polygon (ie, being bought out and having to release the bulk of their staff) is partially their own fault for taking so long to unstick themselves from an absurd “girls don’t play games” mentality.
But what can you do... Besides start another gaming website lmao. In any case, I can’t even begin to tell you how much your encouragement means to me. Seriously, thank you!
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I get really annoyed (and, tbh, a little hurt) by “men are all stupid and bad” conversations, but gender bias is real. I’m sure it’s not conscious or malicious, but still.
And it’s very odd, too. If, statistically speaking, cisgender women are responsible for roughly 3/4 of all book sales, magazine sales, and Patreon subscriptions... Why exclude them? Excluding a clear majority of the market from “mainstream” platforms only ensures that the market will fragment and go elsewhere.
I suppose that the general readership of gaming websites used to be large enough for gender bias not to matter; but, now that videos and podcasts dominate the cultural conversation, platforms that depend on writing need as much support as they can get. Capitalism enshittifies everything, of course, but I also think the sad fate of sites like Kotaku and Polygon (ie, being bought out and having to release the bulk of their staff) is partially their own fault for taking so long to unstick themselves from an absurd “girls don’t play games” mentality.
But what can you do... Besides start another gaming website lmao. In any case, I can’t even begin to tell you how much your encouragement means to me. Seriously, thank you!