There are weird situations like my town where the college is notoriously awful in how they handle sexual assault and rape cases (no advocates allowed during initial interviews with the victim, a criminally underfunded sexual assault prevention/counseling department, incidents where the victim has been pressured into…

And I doubt most of those women had transitioned before they were into their late teens, or later. I don't doubt they experienced ostracism, but gaming has always been welcoming for a very specific subset of ostracized people. That subset has rarely included those who were identified in their youth (or adulthood,…

The high percentage of men in gaming has far less to do with arguable science (don't trust anything that uses the phrase hardwired in a biological sense. Like, ever.) and far more to do with the fact that the community is disgustingly unwelcoming, especially within the competitive spheres. This shit isn't biological,…

It is a pity that you don't seem to understand or want to understand the things which you talk about.

Apologies: Double post because of evil misandrists, probably.

Holy shit, is the the trip back? Has misandry finally become recognized as a bullshit word in enough places that Man Hating Feminist is in vogue again?

And the military, but you might have left that out for fear of repeating yourself.

Some people also just talk all over each other because that's how their family did it. I have a bad habit of finishing people's sentences to show that yeah, I get it, next thought, and also that yeah, I'm listening actively. That can be a real dick thing to do, so I try to rein it in, but some friends are much the…

That.

The arrests don't overshadow the protest. A big part of peaceful protest is being arrested. It increases publicity, casts the police/private property owners in a bad light. It's a good tactic.