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Why didn’t you say anything?
That’s the million dollar question. It’s what everyone asks when they hear stories like these. Why didn’t I speak up when I experienced sexism at the hands of some game design students? Why didn’t any woman speak up and challenge Killian? Why did no one demand an answer that didn’t conveniently absolve him of all responsibility for the misogyny within the Street Fighter community—a community he’s tasked with cultivating, and presumably, pruning?
If you’ve never experienced what it’s like to be on butt end of systemized objectification and exclusion, the reason can be very hard to understand.
”— Passing the Buck in a Culture of Dismissal by Nicole Leffel - A really great article, made especially more excellent by the fact it’s been published on Kotaku. As the largest gaming blog out there, having such a positive opinion made visible there is refreshing.
