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WHO RESPONDED

As a part of our research process, we surveyed members of

Sweet Synergy, Rough Trade, and other gaming communities

about gamer behavior and experience.

Please explore the galleries below for both the quantitative

and anecdotal data we collected.

56

24

58

42

Female and Transgender gamers

Male gamers

 

Average Age:

 

Gaming Habits:

Play casually

Play competitively

Average Number of Years Playing Videogames

27

14 YEARS

DATA 1

71% OF RESPONDERS

FEEL THAT GENDER HAS PLAYED A ROLE

IN THEIR GAMING EXPERIENCES

94% OF FEMALE AND TRANSGENDER

 RESPONDERS HAVE BEEN

HARASSED BECAUSE

OF THEIR GENDER.

ONLY 51% RESPORT 

THE HARASSMENT.

65% OF MALE RESPONDERS

HAVE WITNESSED OTHER PLAYERS BEING HARASSED BECAUSE OF THEIR GENDER. 

DATA 1

76% OF FEMALE AND TRANSGENDER RESPONDERS 

HAVE INTERVENED IN CONVERSATIONS TO STOP HARASSING COMMENTS.

MALE GAMERS REPORT

HAVING ENCOUNTERED THE FOLLOWING 

TYPES OF HARASSMENT:

GENDER-BASED JOKES

ABILITY/SKILL QUESTIONED BECAUSE OF GENDER  

UNNECESSARY / UNWANTED ATTENTION BECAUSE OF GENDER

GENDER-BASED TAUNTING (NAME CALLING)

INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL ADVANCES

THREATS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.  

STALKING

65%

69%

65%

52%

40%

8%

8%

ONLY 34% OF GAMERS FEEL

THAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HARASSMENT ARE WELCOMED BY GAMERS.  

I FEEL LIKE THE STATUS QUO IS ‘SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET HARASSED’ AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME HAVE JUST KIND OF GOTTEN USED TO IT AND SO THEY NO LONGER DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE COMMUNITY.   
 
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DATA 2
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