ignore this stupid post 
itd be very nice if i could have all posts and replies deleted that i made when i was an idiot :)))
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This game has a mute function and you can always play with friends in voice and mute the rest. Further, this community is zoxic towards everybody and everything. You (girls) are not a special snowflake. Iz has nothing to do with your gender or your age. People in this game rage on everything. So please take comments like ,it happens because i am a girlāā to instagram or facebook. My girlfriend plays too and we both get the same toxicity. It is the game not the gender
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Iām so sorry you had to experience this. You unfortunately had the double bullying, first because youāre very young and second of all because youāre a girl. Itās unfair, I know.
I once witnessed a very young boy maybe 10 or younger getting seriously bullied because he was giving advice (pretty good advice) to winning the game. I guess people over 20 or 30 years old are uncomfortable when a person that young plays better than them.
Iād advise you to avoid voice chat and report these people. You can also hide the basic chat if they try to bully you by writing slurs. You, boys and girls are the future to the gaming community and it saddens me how awful people can get.
I wish there was more punishment for the bullies but thereās nothing more you can do than report them. Maybe Overwatch should create a teenager section for the youngest of our community to play safely but I guess bullying can still happen nonetheless so thereās nothing much one can do. Itās human nature that is flawed, not the game.
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Ignoring is what usually stops bullying, and in this game itās as easy as pressing the mute button. This community is simply very toxic. Everyone gets harassed all the time. Being harassed for something you canāt help, like your gender, is pretty messed up in itself, but thereās no stopping it. Just ignore. Bullies thrive of getting negative reactions so if you donāt respond and mute theyāll stop eventually.
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Iād agree that sexism seems to be a problem in this community. Assumptions that girls only play supports and need protecting by other players are shockingly common. So yes, we all have to put up with toxicity, but specifically sexist comments are far too common. I would recommend muting whilst you can or sticking with friends in group chat, but if youāre confident enough to stay in chat Iād recommend ignoring rather than biting back. Donāt retaliate, just keep doing what youāre doing and show with your gameplay that you deserve to be here. Nothing annoys a sexist young kid more than being proved wrong. Keep playing and be better than them. Do us all proud kiddo x
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Good luck with the comments honey, toxic people may swarm to this post telling you how youre wrong and such, Iām sorry in advance 
That being said Iām sorry that happened to you.
thats when u lay worth on foreign ppls opinions lmao
its the internet
if u would see those trolls in real u would not even mind looking at them trust me
Iām a female gamer and I would say OW has been the least sexist environment I have played in other than PvE ARK.
In 3 competitive seasons Iāve had 1 sexist comment. Just one. Iāve been in 2 games where other female players had an issue. One issue, it was totally uncalled for and the guy was a jerk. The other, the girl was a self righteous you know what and made the whole game about her gender, and anytime anyone did something she didnāt like it was ābecause sheās female.ā
I canāt say why you have these experiences, and Iām sorry you are, but just try to play the game as āone of the guys!ā I donāt make an issue of my gender and neither does anyone else.
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Not gonna lie, any game that has a voice feature in a male dominated game will have people that are sexist. Everyones a virgin that shakes when a girl even puts there hand on there shoulder.
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If you were a male you would still get harassed it would just be for different reasons. they would attack your masculinity, call you a noob, tell you to go and do horrible things that I canāt mention here. The harassment you receive isnāt because youāre a female, theyāre just using your gender as a way to get under your skin.
If you were a really good player you would have less harassment, possibly none. If you want proof of this go and watch female streamers on Twitch, you will rarely hear them harassed ever, if at all because they are typically good players that donāt give people a reason to flame.
To sum it up, people online will say whatever it takes to make you upset, if youāre a girl it will be gender, if youāre guy it will be something else. Just mute them like I do.
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Well good luck, because Blizzard doesnāt ban toxic people.
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Sorry to hear it. Something that might help is just saying you are a boy. Young teen boys and girls kind of sound the same. Not ideal, but if it helps get some of the toxic idiots from harassing you it might be worth it.
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It seems most of the people who say sexist stuff tend to be kids trying to be edgy. Even more reason to not let it get to you.
People can be pretty mean in this game, but I would never join an enemy team party unless I was ready to take a ton of insults. Iāve seen more women play this game than any other game Iāve been in. Usually itās a shock when a woman is on my team in other games in the past. Now, itās actually pretty common. They all have their SR for a reason.
There are male and female versions of insults, Iām sure that goes for gay/straight, etcā¦
All this leads to people not joining team chat. The best thing you can do is take a person that is doing that and mute them and understand itās not due to your gender, itās due to them just being jerks.
Hell I want young kids on my team their reaction times are quicker than mine!!!
People forget that just because this is an online game that there are people on the other side with feelings, most of the trolls you meet are going to be rude obnoxious man-children who need a āreal lifeā lesson in manners
This is not the answer. I will agree that we as a society do need to get our thick skin back but when it comes to sexism, racism, or any other -ism NO. Parents need to be the ones held accountable for their children and their actions, raise your kids better, teach them manners and respect, that it takes a bigger person to stand up for what is wrong than to posture in front of your friends.
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Iām sorry. I really am. I started playing WoW when I was 13 and as a result I have some of the thickest skin possible. Eventually stuff will start rolling off, and then people will just call you jaded. Thereās no real happy ground.
Maybe one day that wonāt be the result of girls playing video games.
A lot of people show their vulger side when they are anonymous. Females have to deal with two main types online. The straight up misogynist comments made my manchildren or the harassment due to a loss whereas the female gets blamed because they arnāt usually serious gamers like males.
Iāll admit even though Iāll never harass someone just for being female, part of me assumes they will be unskilled because females donāt usually care about games.
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Are you kidding me right now? This is the garbage rationalism we have to deal with. I could play amazingly, top everything and Iāve still had people yell at me to play Mercy because girls canāt aim on Ana. And I should thank them for being carried. You need to go check yourself. Youāre part of the problem.
Well-known people generally donāt get publicly flamed because there is proof of it. It has nothing to do with them being good or bad.
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irl I agree that sexist/racist stuff should be taken seriously and if itās kids then itās the parents job to teach them. Sadly, I think many times the kids are probably getting that stuff from their parents so I donāt really know what to do there. When it comes to online sexism/racism, you canāt know who is doing it. Luckily thatās what a block/mute button is for.
Why is my rationalism garbage? Your team was mad at you so they said something that they knew would bother you, and it did. If I was playing Ana and not healing well then they would call me every name in the book, tell me to kill myself and other awful things. They are using gender as a way to attack you, not attacking you because of your gender. If it was because of your gender then I, as a male, would not get attackedā¦but I do. I actually believe males get attack each other far more than females based on observation.
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