The Supreme Court Presidential Immunity Ruling Has Sparked Widespread Discourse Online, As Well As A Plethora Of Memes
What Is The 'Soft Brisket' Song And How Does It Relate To 'Mama Owl?' TikTok's Viral 'George Cooper' Meme Explained
What Do Companies Do When Pride Month Ends? July 1st's Annual Meme Explained
The Bond Between Boys And Girls And Their Mediocre Or Obscure Obsessions Explored In This Meme
What's The 'Later Homo' Meme? The Viral Reaction Image Explained

Activision-Blizzard Lawsuit - Lawsuit introduction mentioning Anita Sarkeesian and GamerGate

PROTIP: Press the ← and → keys to navigate the gallery, 'g' to view the gallery, or 'r' to view a random image.

INTRODUCTION 1. Headquartered in California since the 1970s - where the nation's strongest anti- 3 harassment, equal pay and other equal employment opportunity protections exist for employees' - 4 Defendants should be a safe-haven workplace in the video gaming industry. Sexism has plagued the 5 male-dominated gaming industry for decades, and increasingly so in recent years? Women and girls 6 now make up almost half of gamers in America, but the gaming industry continues to cater to men, 7 even in California. Activision Blizzard's double-digit percentage growth, ten-figure annual 8 revenues, and recent diversity marketing campaigns have unfortunately changed little. Defendants 9 compliance with California's broad workplace protections is long overdue. To enforce such 10 compliance, DFEH brings this government enforcement action seeking to remedy, prevent and deter 11 Defendants' violations of the state's civil rights and equal pay laws to vindicate the rights of 12 Defendants' female employees and the public interest of the State of California. s one 14 the largest American video game developers and distributors with approximately 9,500 employees 15 and over 100 million players worldwide. It is considered a leading gaming platform in the western 13 2. Activision Blizzard, Inc. is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. It is one of 16 17 (See, e.g., State Dept. of Health Services v. Sup.Ct. (2003) 31 Cal.4th 1026, 1040 [FEHA provides 18 broader protection than Title VII]; Introduction, Cal. Prac. Guide Civ. Pro. Trial Claims and Def. Ch. 13(1.1)-A ["Title VII presents serious limitations on plaintiff's recovery, including a cap on 19 emotional distress and punitive damages. In addition, FEHA provides broader protections in a number of important respects.. For these reasons, it is generally advantageous to sue under FEHA, 20 rather than Title VII."); Zhou, Can California Prevent Wage Discrimination Against Women? (Oct. 21 7, 2015) The Atlantic <https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/california-gender- wage-gap-fair-pay-act/409549/> [as of July 19, 2021].) 22 (Wingfield, Feminist Critics of Video Games Facing Threats in 'Gamergate' Campaign, N.Y. 23 Times (Oct. 15, 2014) <https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/technology/gamergate-women-video- 24|| game-threats-anita-sarkeesian.html> [as of July 19, 2021]; Dockterman, What Is #GamerGate and Why Are Women Being Threatened About Video Games? Time (Oct. 16, 2014) 25 <https://time.com/3510381/gamergate-faq/> [as of July 19, 2021]; Lorenz & Browning, Dozens of 26 |<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/style/women-gaming-streaming-harassment-sexism- twitch.html> [as of July 19, 2021); Holden et. al., The #E-Too Movement: Fighting Back Against 27 Sexual Harassment in Electronic Sports, (2020) 52 Ariz. St. L.J. 1, 1.) 28 1. 2. 87:20/2021

View Gallery Random Image

Top Comments

Rynjin

Jul 29, 2021 at 10:16PM EDT

Regardless of the sources, the statement isn't untrue. As players especially, women get an unusual amount of harassment in online games in my experience.

Opening your mouth in voice chat is a mistake for pretty much anyone, but I've seen firsthand the difference between me and my male friends, who just get autistically reee'd at and told to shut up, versus everybody in the game suddenly digging their mics out of their gaping asscrack to ask targeted personal questions to anyone even vaguely feminine sounding.

I've seen some really pathetic attempts at "conversation" in games like Siege, with a guy who really, really needed to know where this girl in the game was from because she had a "weird accent" and played all 50 states bingo until she finally, reluctantly, confirmed one as where she was. It didn't end there.

+26

Sunsoft Bass

Jul 31, 2021 at 06:14PM EDT

Most GamerGate supporters would never harass or rape a woman even if they had the chance, what happened in Activision Blizzard was caused by those male feminsts who love putting rainbows in their logos and give diversity prizes to themselves.

+17

+ Add a Comment