It's a good thing she doesn't actually claim games directly cause violent behavior or misogyny. She says that misogyny in games contributes to the overall misogyny in our culture and is therefore harmful. That's an important distinction.

Because. Women only get to be considered fully human if every one of us is perfect and we all coddle men at all times. Feminists are constantly told by angry dudebros that if we aren't perfect and docile at all times, they'll hate feminism forever. It's a silencing tactic. It reminds me of little kids who threaten…

Because for the people who hate her, it's not about whether or not she makes her arguments well. It's anger that a woman has an opinion. It's anger at discovering that gaming is a hobby, not an exclusive club for boys.

It would help if the "activism" wasn't limited to tweets and emails to Gawker sponsors. Maybe if they were doing something substantive, the group would be more cohesive.

Occupy wasn't started as a rape movement so that's a false equivalency. GG was started as a harassment movement.

Well considering that the whole thing started to harass Zoe Quinn and ethics and journalism was invented after the fact as a shield against bad PR, you probably shouldn't be surprised that people view gamergate as all about harassment.

You missed my point sweetie. Why don't you calm down? Your irrational hysteria can't possibly be good for your delicate constitution.

Same here. Actually, I was jealous of the Jewish kids growing up because they got to miss school for their holidays and I didn't. I saw it as an advantage for them. As an atheist, I'm all for things being secular but this isn't a big thing I don't think.

Fine. You're part asshole and part stale Axe Body Spray stench.

A woman makes a mild criticism of a shirt. Angry men respond by telling her to kill herself. And your takeaway is that women are overly emotional?

Fair enough, but you're still a complete asshole.

Inside jokes are called that for a reason. Because they stay in your inner circle. Thinking before donning an offensive garment is not too much to ask. It's part of his white male privilege that he doesn't have to think about whether or not something is harmful. But considering how much women are constantly being…

He couldn't find a ridiculous shirt that wasn't offensive?

I can't tell you how many times I've made a perfectly calm and reasoned comment only to get a reply from angry dudebro that's some variation of "OH MY GOD CALM DOWN YOU STUPID CUNT!!!!!!!" I guess out of proportion anger is manly logic and mild criticism is wimmenz getting hysterical and on their periods.

But they are sexualized. They're scantily clad and in provocative poses. If he wants to wear that on his own time, fine. When representing a space agency that is receiving global press after doing something groundbreaking, wearing a garment that objectifies half the population is not a good idea.

Every work place has a dress code. That's not fascism. This guy was representing the European Space Agency on a day they were getting a ton of international press. This should not be the image they want to project. Many little girls who are aspiring astronomers, physicists or astronauts saw that shirt and got the…

There's been research into this topic. Women don't actually talk more than men. Women are only perceived as being chattier. Because people believe stereotypes and because thanks to sexism, people value what women have to say less.

Don't be silly. All a woman needs to be happy is to get married.

Like that woman, I think one of the Real Housewives who said you shouldn't poop in the house if your husband is home.

Same here. On one level, this is some funny bullshit we can mock. On another level it's much more insidious. It's coercive to say wives must give a blowjob a day. If Niecy Nash and her husband enjoy that. Great! More power to them. But different people have different sex drives. Not every woman will want to…