Misogyny Issues in Digital Game Culture

- From Interviews with Chinese Female Gamers -

Abstract

This study explores the issue of misogyny in digital gaming culture through interviews with Chinese female gamers. It shows that for female gamers, gaming culture is exclusive and male-dominated. It became clear that there is a contradiction between the identities of being a woman and a gamer. Furthermore, although female gamers have taken various strategies to combat misogyny in gaming culture, their strategies are limited in overturning the underlying structure of discrimination.