Women, Games and the Internet
by Louise Livesey // 23 February 2007, 09:54
Women have always been a hidden presence on the internet but this e-article shows misogyny and heterosexism aren't dead on the internet. World of Warcraft is a fantasy war-gaming platform and Whitney Butts is one player amongst millions. However Butts found something interesting:
I've been watching and observing the internet for quite some time now. It's like a science project with the usual control and variables. The control is: I am a girl. The variables are the medium through which this fact is expressed. The results all point to the same paradoxical conclusion: I am a girl, but girls do not exist on the internet.
Interesting if disturbing reading...
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