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<blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6877699" data-attributes="member: 82779">It is certainly true that harassment, even sexual harassment, is perpetrated by and upon members of both genders.&nbsp; I don't think that anyone could reasonably claim otherwise.&nbsp; However, it is a reality that men are generally much more likely to be the harassers than women are, and women are generally much more likely to be the targets/victims of harassment than men are.Also, if we go with the assumption that harassment is typically perpetrated by the majority members of a group (as you suggested was the case when you mentioned harassment in a female-dominated field), gaming is still dominated largely by men, and that makes harassment in gaming far more likely to be male against female in nature.Therefore, while I agree with those who say that anti-harassment policies should really be applied to both genders (because they should be applied to everyone) I think that failing to realize or accept that most harassment is male against female in nature, particularly in male-dominated arenas like gaming, is either ignorance or willful blindness, and neither of those are conducive to crafting and implementing solid anti-harassment policies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MechaPilot, post: 6877699, member: 82779"] It is certainly true that harassment, even sexual harassment, is perpetrated by and upon members of both genders. I don't think that anyone could reasonably claim otherwise. However, it is a reality that men are generally much more likely to be the harassers than women are, and women are generally much more likely to be the targets/victims of harassment than men are. Also, if we go with the assumption that harassment is typically perpetrated by the majority members of a group (as you suggested was the case when you mentioned harassment in a female-dominated field), gaming is still dominated largely by men, and that makes harassment in gaming far more likely to be male against female in nature. Therefore, while I agree with those who say that anti-harassment policies should really be applied to both genders (because they should be applied to everyone) I think that failing to realize or accept that most harassment is male against female in nature, particularly in male-dominated arenas like gaming, is either ignorance or willful blindness, and neither of those are conducive to crafting and implementing solid anti-harassment policies. [/QUOTE]

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