No. It's not her job for to make sure Mattingly doesn't talk about his genitals in a professional conversation. Any sexual harassment seminar worth its salt sets some basic lines people shouldn't cross, and the fact that we keep insisting she should have done something is a violation of that basic professional…

Oh fuck you.

I don't follow. His name has been publicly associated with this incident for over a week. He identified himself when he published his apology on his Tumblr and when he replied to our request last week for comment. His name is a matter of public record and has been for some time. We've pulled back from posting Twitter…

I'm just going to start posting this image on stupid comments.

Why is it women's responsibility to "get over it" and not men's responsibility to stop being so creepy and disgusting?

I think at this stage I think I could put one of those comments together by heart. Let's see:

I have to roll my eyes at all the, "but this happens everywhere! Not just in the games industry!" posts, as if that somehow makes everything okay. You're missing the point - it's also happening here and now, and the industry needs to try to better itself. We should better than this. Even if we can't improve how the…

I think I can explain.

Why would you ever think making sexual advances is okay in a professional context?

When we finally talk, I'm struck immediately by how much Mercier feels obliged to qualify. Without asking, I learn how she dresses for work and professional events; how she acts in professional contexts; the image she strives to project; her boundaries for friends and friendly acquaintances and colleagues. She also…

They are willing. They do speak out. They are speaking out.

Between this and instances of people telling devs to kill themselves on Twitter for some gameplay tweak they don't agree with, it can be REALLY embarrassing to be a part of gaming culture.

There have already been all those comments.

Sorry, but you can't write it off. It is easy to say you should, but given the history of women being harassed by men due to their gender, talking about it is always infinitely better than ignoring. If you ignore it, it will happen again, if you talk about it maybe next time someone will think about the repercussion…

If it's happening everywhere, then by that very supposition, this says everything about the gaming community and industry. And just as other industries and communities need to battle this behavior in their own respective groups, we too need to do our part in the gaming community.

Ugh, ok, PSA time.

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This sort of military imagery is a little rich from a church whose members obtained draft deferments as "divinity students" for going on their missions.

I love the gentleness of the way this question is posed. I wish the whole internet were this way instead of WHADDA HELL DA MATTER WITH YOU UR STOOPIT.