I saw the "loser" spin on some TV report as well. I've definitely found
the guys who gave me the most grief were psychologically disturbed. (Of
course I consider patriarchal dominance behavior the main psychological
disturbance of the human race.)
This often is combined with some grievance where they feet oppressed, be
it disability-wise, sexuality-wise (or from sexual frustration at
rejection from women), ethnic/religious-wise or whatever. In economics
areas it's often related to their psychologically driven economic views,
i.e., they need capitalism or state capitalism (so they can get rich and
afford good women) or need to control/destroy capitalism (so that they
can make sure rich guys don't get all the good women).
Their beliefs they are oppressed or assailed by the world make them feel
they have a right to "fight back" and be abusive. Of course, they take
it out on women who they see as of lower status and generally safer to
abuse.
And, of course, they see women and others who really ARE getting clear
and obvious grief/harassment *and* complaining about it as being the
disrupters!
If I ever get around to doing an analysis of sexism on Wikipedia, I may
analyze evidence of the above attitudes and behaviors by specific
editors (and their sockpuppets) who have given me particular grief over
7 odd years. It's important to me to identify and publicize the problems
and shame the abusers so that these patterns can be more easily
identified and dealt with. Far more important than getting back into the
fray, especially before the issues adequately dealt with. I know I'd be
constantly targeted by these types of losers. Of course I MIGHT not be
targeted if I only edited in non-male dominated areas and immediately
acquiesced to the demands of any male editors. But sc**w that...
Anyway, I'm glad to see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen%27s_User_Group happening and
hope someone can work a description of the study and a generalized essay
or whatever out of it. Hey, I guess I could do that if no one beats me
to it! :-)
CM
http://carolmoore.net/wikipedia
On 7/22/2015 10:02 PM, Neotarf wrote:
"For their latest study, published in the journal
PLOS One last week,
[Michael Kasumovic and Jeffrey Kuznekoff, researchers at the University
of New South Wales and Miami University, respectively] watched how men
treated women during 163 plays of the video game Halo 3.
"As they watched the games play out and tracked the comments that
players made to each other, the researchers observed that — no matter
their skill level, or how the game went — men tended to be pretty
cordial to each other. Male players who were good at the game also
tended to pay compliments to other male and female players.
"Some male players, however — the ones who were less-skilled at the
game, and performing worse relative their peers — made frequent, nasty
comments to the female gamers. In other words, sexist dudes are
/literally/ losers."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/07/20/men-who-hara…