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My Son and #1reasonwhy
Nov. 30th, 2012 07:02 pmMy son is a gamer. I'm not. I enjoy playing now and then, and would certainly play more if I had more time, but I don't play enough to do more than suck at it when compared to my son.
He just had me watch this video from Feedbackula about the #1reasonwhy hashtag used on Twitter to discuss harassment and attacks against women in the gaming community. The video isn't perfect in its approach, but decent.
Dev and I have discussed these issues at length because I wanted to be certain he understood that a) there was no such thing as "joking" about rape or a "woman's place," b) any guy who tried to say otherwise was a moron, and c) if something came up that he didn't understand/feel comfortable with, I wasn't going to freak out if he wanted to talk about it.
One of his closest friends is a young woman and enthusiastic gamer. Dev said they're picky about who they interact with so she doesn't have to spend her time deflecting assholes rather than playing.
But what made me smile most about the Feedbackula video was the fact the link was forwarded to my son by one of his MALE gaming buddies who thought it was SO COOL to see support of equality in gaming.
It isn't hard to teach our children about equality. It's a choice.
He just had me watch this video from Feedbackula about the #1reasonwhy hashtag used on Twitter to discuss harassment and attacks against women in the gaming community. The video isn't perfect in its approach, but decent.
Dev and I have discussed these issues at length because I wanted to be certain he understood that a) there was no such thing as "joking" about rape or a "woman's place," b) any guy who tried to say otherwise was a moron, and c) if something came up that he didn't understand/feel comfortable with, I wasn't going to freak out if he wanted to talk about it.
One of his closest friends is a young woman and enthusiastic gamer. Dev said they're picky about who they interact with so she doesn't have to spend her time deflecting assholes rather than playing.
But what made me smile most about the Feedbackula video was the fact the link was forwarded to my son by one of his MALE gaming buddies who thought it was SO COOL to see support of equality in gaming.
It isn't hard to teach our children about equality. It's a choice.
