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Research on Women and Video Games Needs to Improve

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2011

Authors

Jenson, Jennifer
de Castell, Suzanne

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Abstract

Research on gender and video games often conflates gender with sex, which leads to stereotyping of girls and women. In general, research on gameplay treats women like a second sex and gender like an insignificant variable.

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Women, Science and Technology, Gender

Citation

Jenson, J., & de Castell, S. (2010). Gender, simulation, and gaming: Research review and redirections. Simulation & Gaming, 41(1), 51-71.