Of course video games don't make you sexist. What moron thinks they do? Lmao.
Well, Thompson got murder threats too and there were loads of games about mutilating and killing him, and he was a man. Some gamers just like to really lash out at people threatening their identity. And if these are females then I suppose that inevitabels includes threats of sexual violence due to the natural sexual tension. I'm sure if men were normally into men, they would've threatened to rape Thompson too, lol.
Murderers is an exaggeration by most means, but aggressiveness is generally accepted by most studies, found on such reputable sources such as psychology today.
http://www.soc.iastate.edu/sapp/VideoGames1.pdf
http://public.psych.iastate.edu/caa/abstracts/2010-2014/10asisbsrs.pdf
Some say the agression is due to frustration rather than violent content, which I also find believable. Many DSes have broke when I fail at pokemon.
Though in all fairness, there's a newer study(s) you can find that states no correlation.
In the end, it depends on the person. Some people can view pornagraphy just fine and not be any more sexist than the day before.
as for my gamergate story, wikipedia told me this.
"game developers Zoe Quinn and Brianna Wu and feminist cultural critic Anita Sarkeesian, were subjected to a sustained campaign of misogynistic attacks. The campaign was coordinated in the online forums of Reddit, 4chan, and 8chan in an anonymous and amorphous movement that ultimately came to be represented by the Twitter hashtag #gamergate. The harassment included doxing, threats of rape, death threats and the threat of a mass shooting at a university speaking event"
Rape threats are generally considered sexist AND misogynistic, as rape is a very sexist and very misogynistic crime.
You're generally not right in your head if you make any grossly violent threats. Threatening a woman with rape does not imply that you hate her more than a man you threaten with murder though, so the conclusion that it clearly shows a special disrespect for females does not stand on a very stable fundament - what it does do is show that the disrespect is expressed in a different manner, which makes sense given the different circumstance.
Yes, men have a propensity towards open violence. It's not new.
But we digress. If you wanna continue this you're free to open a new thread.
The user, who identified himself in the video as a member of Lizard Squad and went by the handles "obnoxious" and "internetjesusob
From my viewpoint, rape threats are an inherently sexist thing, much like rape. Though I think what you said is true, that doing an inherently sexist thing does not mean you're sexist, but I think it is valid logic to conclude it is misogynistic if sexist things were done, especially concerning the subject matter, as far as Anita Sarkessian was concerned.
It is also fair to include that dislike is misogyny, and that one need not dislike women in order to be considered sexist.
However, a variety of women were harassed in this movement, from what these articles tell me, that also agree that is is also a highly sexist movement.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/11180510/gamergate-misogynist-felicia-day-zoe-quinn-brianna-wu.html
http://time.com/3510381/gamergate-faq/
True, the men behind it may not be sexist, but it certainly doesn't seem that way.