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@ckent @celesteh

1. I think you might be talking about homophobia instead of misogyny? Related and in many ways overlapping, but not identical.

2. But even still, the gaming industry exists. IRC exists. I've been called the homophobic F word way more times by nerds than by jocks, and it's not remotely close. Let's not pretend that the f-word is not commonly used by nerds and other poasters that think themselves edgy. That same homophobia just transitioned to 4chan / Twitch / YT.

That said, I spent a lot of my time playing college football arguing with my teammates that football is without a doubt the most homoerotic sport invented by man, and so their homophobia made zero sense. That's like going to a rock concert and complaining that the music is too loud. And I pointed out that the percent of gay people that play football, is almost certainly *higher* than the percent of gay people in the population of men in general. Because football teams are a great place for gay men that don't want to be found out to hide.🤷🏿♂️