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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStudy: gamer men who harass women are literally losers, can't perform when it counts
This should surprise no one.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/sexist-men-who-abuse-women-on-the-internet-are-compensating-for-their-own-poor-performance-study-finds-10403481.html
That bit of validation comes courtesy Michael Kasumovic and Jeffrey Kuznekoff, researchers at the University of New South Wales and Miami University, respectively. For their latest study, published in the journal PLOS One last week, the duo watched how men treated women during 163 plays of the video game Halo 3.
As they watched the games play out and tracked the comments that players made to each other, the researchers observed that no matter their skill level, or how the game went men tended to be pretty cordial to each other. Male players who were good at the game also tended to pay compliments to other male and female players.
Some male players, however the ones who were less-skilled at the game, and performing worse relative their peers made frequent, nasty comments to the female gamers. In other words, sexist dudes are literally losers.
As they watched the games play out and tracked the comments that players made to each other, the researchers observed that no matter their skill level, or how the game went men tended to be pretty cordial to each other. Male players who were good at the game also tended to pay compliments to other male and female players.
Some male players, however the ones who were less-skilled at the game, and performing worse relative their peers made frequent, nasty comments to the female gamers. In other words, sexist dudes are literally losers.
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Study: gamer men who harass women are literally losers, can't perform when it counts (Original Post)
geek tragedy
Jul 2015
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el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)1. makes sense
people often turn to psychological warfare when they can't perform. Consider the office snitch; how often is he or she just a dumb or lazy worker who has latched on to snitchery as a way to compete with people who actually know how to do their jobs.
Bryant
HFRN
(1,469 posts)2. stop the presses, poor sports aren't the best sports
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)3. K&R
starroute
(12,977 posts)4. Oh, not that kind of "perform when it counts"
Never mind.