Thread by @MelonieMac

Some lines should be drawn, but as a whole, as girl gamers we can't get butthurt every time a guy talks some smack. Roasting is a big part of any competitive space. We're gonna get gatekeeped out of gaming if we can't hang

Just dish it back or let it go, it ain't always misogyny

Guys usually talk to each other A LOT worse than they talk to us. They will literally beat the crap out of each other then be friends 5 minutes later. Most times it ain't that deep.

Note: this isn't about anyone specifically and I'm obviously not referring to extremes

And I'm lumping myself in this too because I've been too sensitive before too.

I just can't help but notice that the gaming community is becoming less and less fun by the minute when everybody is offended all the time.

I remember in my PMS Clan days back in 2009 playing Halo, dudes would tell us to get in the kitchen or whatever and we'd tell them to get in the garage then out K/D them. We didn't cry about it.

The good days.

And for the record I think most girl gamers hang really well in competitive spaces and have no issue receiving and dishing out smack talk, but the media especially wants to make us into victims so it can certainly appear that most girl gamers are soft when on average we aren't.

One last thing (maybe). Banter isn't exclusive to just women and kitchen jokes, it's not a one sided thing. How many times do people jump to the small penis jokes? ALL THE TIME. Dish it, take it, or mute it.