alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoWomen experience guilt, shame and exclusion in gaming culture, study findswww.stir.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down118cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·1 month agoMany men are emotionally unable to accept things like this. I think the reasoning goes like i’m a good person i like my hobby someone is saying bad things about my hobby this makes me feel bad, so it must be false furthermore, the person bringing it up is attacking me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief_perseverance Facts don’t matter. There’s really nothing you can do if you’re not someone they like. I also think about this comic a lot: https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1151.html - Some people are too cowardly to grow.
minus-squaresubarctic5128@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoI also think it may be just… sexism… I know people who behave like this towards women, but not other men…
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThis is the first time I’ve ever seen someone link an oots comic. Nice pick.
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Many men are emotionally unable to accept things like this. I think the reasoning goes like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief_perseverance
Facts don’t matter. There’s really nothing you can do if you’re not someone they like.
I also think about this comic a lot: https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1151.html - Some people are too cowardly to grow.
I also think it may be just… sexism… I know people who behave like this towards women, but not other men…
This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone link an oots comic. Nice pick.