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...
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