Today we have a new video from Anita Sarkeesian’s Feminist Frequency which shows us the benefits of gaming while male. Tropes vs Women in Video Games producer Jonathan McIntosh. This is based on the article of the same name from Polygon.
One of the things I’ve encountered by dealing with the non-stop harassment during the gamergate events was that many of my male friends hadn’t thought about what it was like for us. They were surprised by the amount of harassment we receive and happy to do something to help. This is an important video and I’m happy to share it with you.
Here is the description: “Many women have courageously spoken out about how they experience alienation and harassment in gaming. Despite this fact, too many male gamers still dismiss the issue as “no big deal” and insist that there isn’t really a problem. One of the luxuries of being a member of a privileged group is that the benefits afforded often remain invisible. This blindness allows many men, even well meaning men, to remain blissfully unaware of what roughly half of all gamers experience on a fairly regular basis. With that in mind the following is a checklist of some of the concrete benefits that male gamers automatically receive simply for being male gamers.
“Please note: This list is referring primarily to straight men who are not transgender but similar lists could be created for white, straight, cis, or able-bodied privilege and there would certainly be some overlap with the conditions identified in this video.”