My personal experience, only ever aimed at me while on Xbox. Been gaming well over half my life and I'm now 44.
Online communities are toxic in general but I wouldn't say it was gender specific. I have seen and heard men rip eachother new A-holes, more than I have ripping us females to bits. Also seen women be as toxic if not more toxic than men. As if having a -blam!- gives us some right to speak to others like crap and blame it on a bad day or monthly. (Irl also) women have a tendency to turn nasty first then flip it round and cry about it when someone reacts back. Especially those who feel entitled.
Truth is, it's human nature. Things get heated, especially under pressure in such as a raid and things get said that maybe shouldn't, but it works both ways.
Sure there are some people that go out of their way to make others miserable. Just don't let that ruin your gaming experience, not everyone is the same. Reach out on some community posts for like-minded gamers, hopefully you will find yourself a nice group of people, female and male alike. I mainly game with my husband and family.
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Gaming with the fam. This is the way 🤘🏽
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This is the most mature take on this subject and I agree with it. You have good and bad apples everywhere you turn. Certain circumstances can exacerbate situations but overall, there’s a lot of dumb people in this world and misdirected anger has always been prevalent as a result.
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Well said.