The dark threats and sexual abuse women gamers endure
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Not a day goes by, says Sunpi, a high-profile gamer, that a man she doesn’t know sends her a dick pic, or asks if he can.
And the abuse she endures is often violent in its language. ‘I’ve had people online harassing me saying they’ll murder me and murder my family if I don’t give them attention’.
The sexual abuse and sinister threats Sunpi has faced are sadly by no means unique. Women in gaming routinely suffer sexual harassment, aggressive abuse and sometimes even graphic threats of rape and murder from male gamers.
Research, shared exclusively with The Independent, found abuse experienced in the highly male-dominated world of gaming can often move on to social media and even translate into offline stalking and harassment.
The study, carried out by Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM), discovered some 35 per cent of women said they have been sent inappropriate content or messages from other gamers. Some 28 per cent of female gamers have been sexually harassed by fellow g...
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