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Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
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Posted by: Anonymous Dark
The point is that you can't just write off blatant misogyny or bigotry by calling it a joke (Exhibit A).
Getting back to the OP, misogyny is pretty common in our society, but it is especially pervasive in the gaming community. jaythenerdkid has already gone into many of the problems with how women are treated in "nerd" communities in his/her first post. That people feel it is OK to persistently make misogynistic remarks (in a manner that oftentimes amounts to harassment), and then make the excuse that they're "joking" when called out, is the truly bull-blam!- way of going about things.The point is that there's nothing that can be done about it. Tell me, is there a problem with sexists and bigots on the Flood? I don't see it. If someone on the Flood makes a remark against jay or someone, it's most likely not because she's a girl, but because of how she's been presenting herself on this forum.
Kitchen jokes on here? They're not supposed to be taken seriously, and if you do take them seriously, then that just plays into the amusement of the person who made them. Not because the joke offended someone who saw it as sexists, but because someone got butthurt over the internet.
Prove to me that there is a sexism and bigotry problem on the Flood and I will agree with jay in saying that something needs to be done about it.