Cenk Uygur
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Do Some Guys Who Lose Games Get More Hostile Toward Women?
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July 23, 2015
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July 23, 2015
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5.10%
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7:41Now PlayingTwo researchers have looked into sexism and gaming. What perspective do male players toward female players when they are winning in the game or losing? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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"A new study has found that men who harass women online are actual losers - at least when it comes to video games.
Two researchers analysed how men treated women while playing 163 games of Halo 3.
Men who performed poorly in the games responded by being hostile to female players.
The male winners were mostly pleasant to other players, while the losing men made unsavoury comments to female players.
"Low-status males that have the most to lose due to a hierarchical reconfiguration are responding to the threat female competitors pose," the researchers, from the University of New South Wales and the Miami University in Ohio, write. "High-status males with the least to fear were more positive."
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