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<blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 6866927" data-attributes="member: 57112">The emphasis above is my own, and probably the most important takeaway from articles such as these for people with a degree of privilege. There's a tendency, for example, for men to expect women to dominate any discussion about misogyny and harassment in any social setting. But as Umbran has been illustrating, there's a host of reasons why women would not feel safe playing the role of educators. For another example of this in action, see: the internet. Just all of it. In its entirety (okay, see Youtube, Twitter or Reddit if you feel you need a few places to start).There's a reason why it's so important for men to educate themselves (and other men!) about these issues, because harassment does not end until men stop harassing. That means seeking out, reading and discussing articles such as these. It means speaking out against misogynist behaviors and attitudes that tend to exist male-only or male-dominated spaces. It means seeking out, reading, and starting discussions about articles such as these. It means calling other men out for trying to derail such discussions (see: this thread!) and it means also not letting such derailments dominate the discussion (see: ...)I usually twinge whenever I see threads like this appear in online gaming communities, but this thread so far and this community give me hope that positive change is actually possible. Of course, then I read about things like the reaction to Beamdog's new Baldur's Gate II expansion and I realize how we still have so very far to go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gradine, post: 6866927, member: 57112"] The emphasis above is my own, and probably the most important takeaway from articles such as these for people with a degree of privilege. There's a tendency, for example, for men to expect women to dominate any discussion about misogyny and harassment in any social setting. But as Umbran has been illustrating, there's a host of reasons why women would not feel safe playing the role of educators. For another example of this in action, see: the internet. Just all of it. In its entirety (okay, see Youtube, Twitter or Reddit if you feel you need a few places to start). There's a reason why it's so important for men to educate themselves (and other men!) about these issues, because harassment does not end until men stop harassing. That means seeking out, reading and discussing articles such as these. It means speaking out against misogynist behaviors and attitudes that tend to exist male-only or male-dominated spaces. It means seeking out, reading, and starting discussions about articles such as these. It means calling other men out for trying to derail such discussions (see: this thread!) and it means also not letting such derailments dominate the discussion (see: ...) I usually twinge whenever I see threads like this appear in online gaming communities, but this thread so far and this community give me hope that positive change is actually possible. Of course, then I read about things like the reaction to Beamdog's new Baldur's Gate II expansion and I realize how we still have so very far to go. [/QUOTE]

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