I'd be absolutely happy to:

It's not women, and it's not men who taught them. It's the needs of survival.

Likely the same as the rest of the community: "Holy crap, way to prove every negative comment anyone's ever offered against our hobby."

Okay—how so? Why? Can you offer reasons beyond simple vitriol?

I'd be interested to hear the examples you'd provide to support your thesis.

This.

Sarkeesian has very clearly found herself on the end of a plank she never signed up to walk—and now she's not sure whether to leap from it, or fight her way back along it to the boat from which she came.

We likely agree on a great deal more than we disagree on, my friend; thank you so much for being part of this discussion!

I appreciate the vote of confidence. I really believe in what Sarkeesian's trying to do—I just question her methodology (and some of her research, to be perfectly frank). Worrying over someone's academic work should never cross over into disrespecting them (or others who enter the discussion) as a person.

I concede your point; I had discounted her treatment of the male question because she skipped over it so lightly (and because, frankly, we enjoy the privilege of positive representation in the VAST majority of games, so she doesn't need to stick up for us anyway, as far as the medium is concerned)—but again, I cannot…

I agree with everything you say apart from your praise of Moore—and I say this as a registered Independent voter (with Democratic tendencies). If you will look closely at many of Moore's films (Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, etc.), you'll see he's about as good at fact-checking as Bill O'Reilly is, and every…

Well, yes, but it has long been the practice of individuals occupying positions of power to believe that controlling information equates itself with control of reality; General Macarthur was something of a master in this regard.

Fair enough; I understand YouTube by itself imposes a certain set of limitations (not the least of which involves audience consideration)—but I still cannot help but feel that whatever concessions Sarkeesian has made amount to more of a false "mea culpa" than an attempt to engage with the intricacies of the issues…

No worries—the view that all academicians are perforce self-absorbed jackanapes is pretty common—and mostly, it's deserved, too. I've only been in academia (at a professional level) for about seven years, so I don't think I've had quite long enough to join the, "old fogey," club—but I have a feeling my decision…

We can hope her presentations evolve in this direction; she's got one hell of a platform—let us all hope she uses it well.

Eh. Not all of us; some of us genuinely try to advance our fields beyond back-slapping the person next to us—but I think you'll find that a great many of us (I am myself young in the profession) will be beaten down by our elders, forced to accept that, "well, it's academia," in order to continue along tenure-track…

These are the questions Sarkeesian needs to be concerning herself with. If she can find answers to them—or better yet, find ways to open dialogue with those who keep them going in the first place—she'll have truly contributed.

The funny thing about most trolls (the good ones, anyhow) is that they're actually quite intelligent—they're just unabashedly immature to go with it. Most trolls that I've seen to be effective employ the informal fallacies of logic regularly—and without remorse—but they do so, "for the lulz," rather than to advance…

Okay, a fair point—but criminality (or a lack thereof) has nothing whatsoever to do with biological sex.

Unfortunately, this is the kind of response that only widens the gulf between the sexes when it comes to necessary conversations. There are always going to be angry, angry individuals who will blame everything on, "the other person," but if we're going to solve the problem, we cannot afford to be those folks—because…

This is actually an angle I'd considered—and it's one I can agree with and respect, if we assume her audience is the general populace (I mean no insult here, but according to the education statistics, most folks still are -not- completing baccalaureate-level degrees, and therefore should not be expected to exercise…