“I bet she’s ‘not like other girls’”: Discursive Construction of the Ideal Gaming Woman on r/GirlGamers

Maria Ruotsalainen and Mikko Meriläinen
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Maria Ruotsalainen: Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Mikko Meriläinen: Tampere University Game Research Lab, Tampere University, Finland

Media and Communication, 2025, vol. 13

Abstract: Research on women and hostile behaviour in video games has largely focused on women as victims rather than perpetuators of hostile behaviour. In this study, by utilizing discourse analysis, we examine how women’s hostile behaviour is discussed in the subreddit r/GirlGamers, and how the ideal gaming woman is discursively constructed in these discussions.

Keywords: female gamers; gender; hostile behaviour; online games; Reddit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.17645/mac.8802

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