Halo 4 permaban for sexism

[eliasfrost]

It's a good step forward, but I don't know if I see it as needed.

Of course it is needed.

This IS Xbox Live we're talking about. Where 12 year olds sleep with my
mother and everybody calls each other a faggot because your general Live
player is a generic douchebag, particularly if it's a game such as Call
of Duty or Halo.

That does not mean it's ok. Also, the majority of online gamers are older than 20, the idea that everyone that insult people online are 12 is something that popped up after this became a problem, and I'm not sure why that is.

Is this just another example of people being oversensitive to
everything? The moment a sandwich joke pops up, somebody gets offended?
(Which, by the way, taking offense is little more than whining, I feel)

It's not about being oversensitive, please don't even assume it is about that. This is not your standard insults thrown at you in a competetive fashion, these people insult women because they are women. And that is more than wrong.

I also read that the author (A woman) noted that she had more fun
playing online games with her friends. So, as a solution, why not just
go into a party chat? Those have been available for a while and it's
quite easy to mute other players.

OR people can stop being assholes and let everyone play without having to get sexually harrassed for being a woman. What people need to understand is that it's NOT the women that's the problem, they have no guilt whatoever, it's the people who can't hold their profanities to themselves that's the problem, and only them.

For one, I've had quite enough of feminists claiming sexism everywhere.
However, if the permabans apply to those who insistently call somebody a
faggot, or threaten them (Commonplace things that are said to males)
then I say they're definitely taking this in the direction it needs to
go.

That has already been the job of the enforcers since they got established.

As a life-long male feminist, seeing stuff like "go back in the kitchen"
and "tits or GTFO" makes me cry a little on the inside. I'm ashamed
that so many people of my own gender are socially and emotionally
retarded.

It warmths my heart to see another feminist here on FG forums.

I do agree here. Perhaps I mudded up my own viewpoint. I agree with
these bans, as long as they're also extended further than sexist trash
talk. If they're solely going to be used for that purpose, then I
disagree with them.

That kind of enforcement has always been there, but sexism it has not. That's why this is so big.

While it's great that they are trying to keep the arrogant assholes out
of the gaming community, because, I mean c'mon... Everyone wants to have
fun while playing a game. It's also necessary to point out that people
like to compete as well. And that competition is brought out by picking
at the bull, insulting and mocking. It's been around for YEARS, and not
even in video games! They do it in sports, they do it in board games,
they do it in competitions such as a hot dog eating contest for crying
out loud. Sometimes it's fun to pick at a few players, and if a woman
can't handle it, it's not fair to call judgement on them and have them
banned.

You are blaming the women, why are they the problem? Because they can't handle it?It has nothing to do with that, it's about sexist insults that offend thousands of gamers. And the only ones to blame here is the ones that insult other people. There's a different between trashtalk and insults.


And who are you to dictate what is a joke or not? You are not the one that gets sexually harrassed, You are not the one that gets rapethreats, You are not the one that gets offended, You are not the one that gets slimy and sexual invitations in your inbox, You are not the one that have to hide your identity because other people will insult you for being what you are. It's the people who get offended who are the ones to dictate what is offensive and what is joking. And as long as people keep blaming the victim, we will only take more and more steps backwards, and not forward.

This is exactly what I'm talking about, you are losing your privileges and thus you feel like your integrity is being violated, no it is not. What is happening is that we are letting women into the industry and that frighten so many male gamers around the world, but that is something they need to handle, because they are not the ones being belittled, it's the women that just try get a fair chance in this culture.