Report: Nearly half of US adolescents avoid games that portray women in "stereotypical and harmful ways"New study also finds that 47.8% of respondents struggled to find characters that represent themhttps://archive.ph/dM7Co>Over 40% of adolescent gamers in the US avoid media depicting women in a "stereotypical and harmful way", according to a new study.>The Teens and Screens Report 2025, conducted by the Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS) at UCLA, surveyed 1,500 adolescents (ages 10-24) about their experiences with gaming.>The report found that 42.1% of women and girls steer clear of games that portray women in a derogatory way, as do 36.8% of boys and men.>One of the biggest issues amongst those surveyed was a fear of harassment.>Boys and men held similar sentiments, with 64.5% feeling a similar pressure to present themselves differently while gaming.>"Overall, across identities, adolescents reported feeling pressure around social conformity, performance or skill expectations, and acting out or counteracting stereotypes," the CSS noted.>"The social features that make video games a place for community can also lend themselves to social pressures.">Diversity also remains an important subject for adolescent gamers, with 41.6% considering "racial diversity in characters and storylines" when choosing titles to play.>However, 47.8% of respondents said they struggled to find games with characters that represent them.>The study also found that 52.3% felt that gaming helped regulate their emotions, with less than a third reporting that playing games made them "feel more aggressive" (32.9%) or "stressed" (27.8%).
>>741856274>Over 40%Because other 60% are niggerss
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>>741856274>The report found that 42.1% of women and girls steer clear of games that portray women in a derogatory way58% of women and girls enjoy games that portray women in a derogatory way
>>741856274(((experts say)))
>>741856627I mean, you can't argue with that math
>nearly half of teen gamers are better men than /v/Grim.
>However, 47.8% of respondents said they struggled to find games with characters that represent themI don't get this. Why do mfs need to relate to a character to have fun?
They should join the 42% then.
>>741856958Autism, usually
Why is this being presented like a new thing, I always assumed shit like Dead or Alive probably appealed to less than half of gamers, yet that business model still worked.
>>741856958I hate characters that look like me or act like me. Nothing I hate more in the world than myself, and now you (dev) are gonna force me to spend hours of my life beating this game? Miss me with that ish bro
>>741856420Fr?
>>741856274>100% of journalists lie as they are paid by special interest groups which are owned by people you're not allowed to know the names ofWhoah!
>>741856274Surveys are useless and retarded. You could ask some group of people if they'd eat a food that has high chance of giving them worms and they'd mostly say no. But if you asked them if they like sushi a lot of those people that voted no would say yes.Also;>posted it again award
>>741856958I don't get it either. I always loved playing as weird Inhuman shit.Two of my favorite series as a kid were Beast Wars and Bionicle. I don't need these things to look like me to get invested.
Why are broccolihead zoomers so afraid of tits'n'vaginas?
>>741856274Stated versus revealed preferences
>>741857416They aren't, they are just sexually repressed because of social pressures, due to risk of being shamed over showing hints of the most vanilla sexual behaviors via social media. So of course when they are going to deny interest in sex on a survey.
>>741856958Untold amounts of narcissismGrowing up on social media and watching the fake rich life of influencers has made them desperate prove their own existence And the easiest way to do that is to see someone who looks like them saving the world of being successful or whatever
>>741856274These surveys are less legitimate than the family feud ‘we aksed a hunned people’ ones.
>>741856274>thegamer>>741856958>Why do mfs need to relate to a character to have fun?When you're mentally challenged and illiterate you cannot understand the motivations of another person.
>>741857318>>741857225>>741856274If you read between the lines, this study is actually super embarrassing for the organization, since they couldn't get even a majority of women to say that they don't like playing these sorts of games, even though the entire point of these studies is to manufacture the appearance of a majority consensus towards the organization/benefactor's political goals using whatever experimental and data manipulation methods they have to use to get it.And this is a sociology survey, arguably one of the easiest types of studies to manipulate into providing any result you want. Laughable levels of incompetence on display right there.
>>741856958>Why do mfs need to relate to a character to have fun?that's my question to the angry males when a game with a female protagonist comes out, REEE muh male experience
>>741856274Ive always thought fan service in games was cringey and I can just jack off to what I like whenever I want. Its not like I respect women cuz I definitely don’t, I just always thought this shit was unnecessary
>>741858319Exactly, they couldn't even get half the women to say they avoid games that are "harmful towards women". It's a massive failure and this retard faggot OP ought to stop spamming it.
>>741856274Is "stereotypical and harmful" not looking like trannies?
>so little timmy would you like to play a game where you rape your sister?>what? Hell no!>little timmy says we need more dei
>>741856274>Nearly half of US adolescents avoid games that portray women in "stereotypical and harmful ways">Nearly halfThey didn't think that one through did they?
>>741857318Now that you mention it. There is definitely a strange corelation between these types of people, and gross ethnic food, for some reason.
>>741858528Oh yeah all those men angry about classic Tomb Raider and Metroid.
>>741858993Meanwhile little Tamara is preordering the deluxe because women are freaks
>>741857412is that a rengoku chad?
>>741856274>Boys are afraid of playing games with healthy and attractive women in them>because of fear of bullying if they doWhat's gone wrong with our culture?
>>741859539Their little statistic tells me that if they were to only send female journalists from now on, less journalists would end up getting killed overall.
>>741857225Sauce plz
>>741860505Larry Fink, Rothschilds, George Soros, etc.Mention their names basically anywhere and you get banned for antisemitism.
>>741856274>The experts sayThe experts would NEVER take advantage of people's innate gullibility!...right?
>>741857416She might be 30 minutes younger than you, and that would make you a pedophile to the oversocialized zoomer.
>>741856274What games portray women in a derogatory way? Also>58% of women like games that are derogatory to womenHuh
>>741856274>brainwash your citizens>they get brainwashedWoah.
>>741856627but is it women or you know... "women"?
>>741860505>needs a source for the sky being blue
>>741861083DR FAUCI STICK IT IN MY BUTTDR FAUCI YOU MADE ME NUTDR FAUCI STICK ME WITH THE NEEDLEDR FAUCI TEST IT ON A BEAGLE
>>741860883That's not a source.>Mention their names basically anywhere and you get banned for antisemitism.Then how come I see their names all over the media?
>>741859539This reminds me of the "1 in 4 homeless people are women" statistic
>>741856958>I don't get this. Why do mfs need to relate to a character to have fun?Inability to comprehend anything other than self-inserting is a signature of low-iq subhumanism.They are moronic subhumans, that's why.
>>741856274https://fortune.com/2026/04/17/teen-boys-dating-ai-chatbot-girlfriend-experts-warn-kill-social-skills-gen-alpha-network-promotions/Stop peddling your lies every day. Only one of these studies can be true at once, faggot.
