No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of women in the game industry - NSFW

[Sherman A1]

In my opinion this is an exceptionally sad state of affairs, that anyone undergo harassment. I have blanked out words that might be offensive in this post, however they are very much present on the linked article.

Content warning: This post contains graphic language, slurs and triggering content

"Women are the (******) of gender," the email said. "If you killed yourself, I wouldn’t even (****) the corpse."

I blinked at my phone, fighting simultaneous urges to hurl my phone across the room in anger and cry. Later that day, someone texted me my address — telling me they’d "See me when I least expected it."

I haven’t been out to my car at night by myself since January 2nd.

My name is Brianna Wu. I lead a development studio that makes games. Sometimes, I write about issues in the games industry that relate to the equality of women. My reward is that I regularly have men threatening to rape and commit acts of violence against me.


http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/22/5926193/women-gaming-harassment