Does "Girl Gamer" Prejudice Exist?

[wizardpendragon]

It exists, but more than often is it over exaggerated. Of the friends I have (which all play video games and are mostly male), none have reacted in a negative or distasteful way upon discovering my shared hobby with them. In fact, they became interested in which types of games I preferred and made suggestions, that sort of thing. There is only one incident in which I was harassed for being a female gamer.

Last year, I'd entered a Gamestop to purchase Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. My cashier was male, and upon ringing up the game, he sold it to me as a pre-owned copy (when I bought it new). I pointed out his mistake, to which he replied, "Oh, it's no mistake sweetie; It's just a tough game that may be a little too much for a pretty thing like you to handle. I wouldn't want you to get upset over it being tough and you feeling as though you paid too much for a game that wasn't fun."

I think this is an example of our subject at hand. I was definitely aggravated by his statement, but I took the discount. Of course, later on, I filed a complaint against him. I don't know what became of him and the state of his occupation.

[SassySnivy]

It exists, but more than often is it over exaggerated. Of the friends I have (which all play video games and are mostly male), none have reacted in a negative or distasteful way upon discovering my shared hobby with them. In fact, they became interested in which types of games I preferred and made suggestions, that sort of thing. There is only one incident in which I was harassed for being a female gamer.

Last year, I'd entered a Gamestop to purchase Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. My cashier was male, and upon ringing up the game, he sold it to me as a pre-owned copy (when I bought it new). I pointed out his mistake, to which he replied, "Oh, it's no mistake sweetie; It's just a tough game that may be a little too much for a pretty thing like you to handle. I wouldn't want you to get upset over it being tough and you feeling as though you paid too much for a game that wasn't fun."

I think this is an example of our subject at hand. I was definitely aggravated by his statement, but I took the discount. Of course, later on, I filed a complaint against him. I don't know what became of him and the state of his occupation.

This is kinda the kind of thing that I go through. No one really cares that I happen to be female. In reality none of it is a big deal...at all. Like...I dunno, man. I mean, I'm just a gamer. It's what I identify as...which is one thing that brought me to make this topic in the first place! x] Because of the million dollar question: does it really, actually make a difference? Is it all it's cracked up to be, gamer sexism?

I honestly feel like the whole GamerGate thing has just been HIGHLY exaggerated by the Social Justice Warriors of tumblr. Then again, this view could be caused by my lack of knowledge of the subject and what actually happened.

Wow, what a douchebag. I think it's just that some of these Gamestop employees that people run into are just...arrogant, single men (and teenagers) who are doing that kind of thing to actually flirt with you, but due to their lack of knowledge on courting the opposite gender, it does the opposite. Anyway, thank you for your input!