GamerGate's misogyny problem

You did not ask me to prove GG is a "sexist movement." You asked for proof of my claims. So here they are:



My claim: "Its supporters align with anti-women groups like MRAs and the far right".



My proof: The subreddit drilldown for r/KiA (http://np.reddit.com/r/SubredditAnalysis/comments/2hxc9b/rkotakuinaction_drilldown_september_2014/) which clearly shows r/MensRights as the most similar subreddit.



My claim: "GG labels them outsiders who have come to take your chainmail bikinis. Its chief enemies are all female."



My proof: The repeated claims that Anita Sarkeesian is not a gamer (based on something she said about not liking a specific TYPE of videogames in 2010) are a clear attempt to show her as an 'outsider,' (as compared to Milo, Adam Baldwin and CHS whose viewpoints count for some reason). The main targets of harassment (the "Literally Whos," of which at one point there were 7) are all female. Even now that the LW list has been reduced to 3, the three who happened to be harassed out of their home after they ran afoul of GamerGate, they are still all female.



For all GG claims that their enemies include Ben Kuchera, Ian Cheong and the like, they have not been harassed out of their homes. The women have. (8, actually: http://secretgamergirl.tumblr.com/post/100182276170/the-routine-harassment-of-women-in-male-dominated)



Whether or not GG consciously intends this, women in the industry are afraid of speaking up for being targeted far more than men are (compare the Escapist's two articles. All of the women designers who spoke out, most against GG, requested anonynimity. This is not a coincidence.)



There is far more vitriol aimed at Sarkeesian in particular than at any other target, including, I'd wager, all of the male "enemies" combined. But that's just a conjecture.



My claim: "[GG] started from slutshaming a female game dev and pretends putting gender equality in games is akin to censorship."



My proof: The literal, very first tweet using the GG hashtag was from Adam Baldwin linking to a "Five Guys Burger & Fries" video. (Sorry, it was "In-and-Out," an obvious reference to sex). The fact that the accusations against Zoe Quinn and Nathan Grayson have been *proven false* has not garnered any apologies for defamation to Ms. Quinn or Mr. Grayson. As I write this, GGers are attempting to use Zoe Quinn's past as a sex worker/stripper to discredit her opinion (https://twitter.com/thain1982/status/524978729563717632). So yes, it did start with slutshaming Ms. Quinn.



Regarding my second point, that people complain that social criticism of games is akin to censorship, is nicely summed up in this article by BioWare dev Damion Schubert (note the tweets and the claims that NO MORE BOOB ARMOR is somehow censorship, to which he is responding: http://www.zenofdesign.com/my-artistic-freedom-is-fine-thank-you/)



My claim: GG leaders (aka, their most public/notable figures) are sexist pieces of shit (not in so any words):



My proof: FartToContinue is a stalker: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s2fjne



Rabite/Weev harassed a woman out of tech: http://www.wired.com/2014/10/trolls-will-always-win/



MundaneMatt routinely uses sexist language and questions if teenage victims of gang rape who later kill themselves might have deserved it: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:f3RhNv2eiysJ:https://www.youtube.com/all_comments%3Fv%3DXF3tWakNVGk%26lc%3DnmE_vzoj4hJPM6qAIbAOiqCs3IuxD2RkDoD_314CB_w+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us



SargonofAkkad is a noted anti-feminist who calls feminists "the skinniest Downs syndrome sufferer I've ever seen": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKDu_xW-JJM



Davis Aurini calls women today "the most decadent sluts since the fall of rome": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zltlzmlCmBA



Jordan Owen makes videos ranting about Anita that are over four hours long, which is fucking disturbing. I'm not going to waste time watching them for quotes.



James "Grimachu" Desborough makes fiction set in the world of Gor, where women are sex slaves obedient to their male masters: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JamesGrimDesborough/posts/TDDYucSzHDz



KiA mod 28DansLater defends ThePhilosophyofRape, a subreddit in which rape is argued to be a good thing: http://www.reddit.com/r/StruggleFucking/comments/2i9b3a/meta_why_the_fuck_is_the_piece_of_shit/cl0ddfc



ANOTHER KiA mod (and TiA founder) oxymuncha, mods r/breakfeminazis, a subreddit about people fantasizing about putting feminists in their place through corrective rape and sexual slavery: http://wehuntedthemammoth.com/2014/10/21/these-mens-rights-activists-get-off-literally-by-fantasizing-about-sexually-humiliating-feminists/#more-13888





And finally, for good measure:



GamerGate's position this whole time is that gaming doesn't have a problem with women or minorities, and so attempts to change it are 'censorship' or 'inserting politics'. Today, Pew released a study that shows that of all the online spaces, gaming is the least welcoming towards women: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/10/22/357826882/pew-gaming-is-least-welcoming-online-space-for-women



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