Gamer Girls: Navigating a Subculture of Gender Inequality

Harrison, Robert L.; Drenten, Jenna M.; Pendarvis, Nicholas

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“…From the analysis of the interviews with girls who play, it was possible to notice that characteristics such as Cruelty and Games without interaction, in which one plays individually, were mentioned as negative characteristics that the participants indicated they did not like within a game. This result coincides with previous discussions [Harrison et al 2016, Gao et al 2017, Desai et al 2017, Kafai and Burke 2014, Kaufman et al 2019], in which it was found that girls do not usually identify with games in which there are cruelty, extreme violence, and negative feedback on their actions. Given these characteristics, the games CounterStrike and FreeFire were chosen.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…In a complementary way to the study of [Veltri et al 2014], [Harrison et al 2016] identified that, in general, women prefer games of logic and skills training. While playing, women are more likely to make friends, participate in groups, seek help, and recruit new female players, activities that focus on relationships and socialization.…”

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“…Figures 5 and 6 show examples of Gamebook screens. [Schultheiss 2017, Ochsner 2015, AlSulaiman and Horn 2015, Fortim et al 2016, Dele-Ajayi et al 2018, Harrison et al 2016, and [Bergstrom 2019] discussed the socialization and relationship aspect of games, and mentioned that there is a preference among girls for group games. Based on these characteristics, and considering the iSys:…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, video games are gradually becoming a leisure activity for girls too. Little by little women are gaining representation in the gaming world, as is the case in the USA, where women represent more than 40% of the players of country [Harrison et al 2016]. Unfortunately, this scenario of a great number of female players is not yet the same globally and the consumption of games is still scarce for the female audience compared to the male audience [Vermeulen et al 2016, Cardoso 2019, Woods 2021.…”

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Digital game adaptations to attract more girls to play

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Ishitani

2021

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Until the early years of the 21st century, games were seen as activities for male teenagers and adults. Gradually, women are gaining representation in the universe of games, but they still encounter difficulties, face judgments, prejudice, and often feel discouraged to play. Games can encourage girls to see technology positively, which can motivate career choice in computing. As the number of female professionals in computing careers is still small, characterizing what girls like or dislike in games can contribute to the increase in that number. Thus, this work aims to propose adaptations for digital games, to attract more girls to play them. To reach this objective, we conducted interviews with girls, to collect information about what they like or dislike in games, and later a triangulation was performed for validation, which used information extracted from a questionnaire. The analysis of the interviews shows that aspects suchas game graphics, the possibility of playing in a group, the reality of the game, and freedom to choose avatars and paths the game will follow are characteristics significantly valued by the participants, regardless of whether they already play games or not. Based on the analysis, this work generated suggestions for better matching games for girls contributing to reducing the gap between men and women in computing careers. Some of the main suggestions address the need to pay attention to how the game will work the interaction between players; the need to provide the gamer constant feedback and rating features suchas ranking, promoting competition, and the insertion of female avatars within the games that are representative and that have physical variations in the characters, in addition to representing women as champions and not just as support for other players.

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“…Esta postura es percibida por algunos miembros de las comunidades de videojuegos como una amenaza al statu quo por el que siempre se han visto beneficiados (Kaplan, 2014;Stuart, 2014). Estos eventos, y la prevalencia en la comunidad del estereotipo de la chica gamer (girl gamer) (Harrison, Drenten y Pendarvis, 2016) nos ilustra el preocupante grado de otrificación 1 del género femenino entre algunas comunidades de videojugadores.…”

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¿Vestuario o agencia? Representación de género en cinco videojuegos de acción de la séptima generación

Corona

2019

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El presente trabajo realizó un estudio cuantitativo de la representación de género en cinco videojuegos de acción multiplataforma líderes en ventas de la séptima generación, mediante la técnica de análisis de contenido. Se analizó la totalidad de la narrativa central de cada uno de los títulos, utilizando el personaje como unidad de análisis y la misión como unidad de registro, entendiendo esta como cada sección del juego en la cual el jugador requiere lograr un objetivo para progresar en la narrativa. Se categorizaron la apariencia física, comportamiento, lenguaje y vestimenta de personajes primarios, secundarios y terciarios tanto masculinos como femeninos. El estudio encontró una proporción de 4,1 personajes masculinos por cada personaje femenino, lo cual constituye una grave subrepresentación del género femenino en estos títulos. También se encontraron diferencias significativas tanto de representación física como de comportamiento entre personajes masculinos y femeninos. En lo que respecta a la apariencia física, se encontró que los atuendos de los personajes femeninos son notablemente más reveladores que los de los personajes masculinos. En cuanto al comportamiento, se encontró en los personajes femeninos una mayor presencia de conductas sexualizadas y una menor seguridad, violencia y actitud de liderazgo que en sus contrapartes masculinos. Se comenta que, a pesar de lo encontrado, la representación de género en el medio ha mejorado con respecto a investigaciones realizadas con anterioridad, y que es necesario investigar la manera en que los jugadores se relacionan con estos contenidos.

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2023

Women and Persona Performance

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Gamer Girls: Navigating a Subculture of Gender Inequality

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Digital game adaptations to attract more girls to play

Digital game adaptations to attract more girls to play

¿Vestuario o agencia? Representación de género en cinco videojuegos de acción de la séptima generación

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