Halo 4 permaban for sexism

[eliasfrost]

I mean what the hell? How come young men have such a hate for women? Did
they have bad experiences with them? Struggling with their own
sexuality? Or just blindly imitating others without thinking? How do
such people reproduce? I mean - don't they want to have a girlfriend at some point in their lives?

It's because gaming and geek culture in general is dominated by male consumers and developers. And for women to take part in said culture, they need to learn to shut up and agree with all the hate, sexism, slurs and death/rape-threats. If they don't then they have no place there, and it's sad. I think it's because they don't want to adapt to the outsiders, instead they want everyone else to adapt to their conservative and vile culture that's been established for decades. And by outsiders, I mean women, from their point of view. And by making demands, they feel like their culture and their integrity is being violated and intruded, while all it boils down to is humane and civil behaviour.

There's been a pretty recent storm on the internet about a male who harrassed his female gaming teammate during a Streetfighter tournament, and he got shitloads of critique for it, which is a good sign. But then again, almost just as many defended his behaviour by calling it out as "culture", "part of the game" or "it's what you have to expect". I wonder, do female gamers have to listen to thing like: "what's your bra size?", "show us yer tits", "Wanna see my dick", "get back to the kitchen", "make me a sandwich" (the list goes on) in order to be a part of the gaming culture? Hell no, this has to stop and this specific action that the Halo 4 devs took is incredibly important to make a change, and I'm glad that it's getting better.

Sorry for the rant, I just had to say that.

I wonder how they are going to monitor all the actions.
If it works, hats off. Hopefully it becomes a standard for all platforms.

The same way they have been since they started to enforce good behaviour: spectators, reports and examining/listening to audio/video-recordings. The difference here is that this specific action has zero-tolerance, and grants permaban on first evidence of gender discrimination.