{"id":128,"date":"2017-12-01T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/12\/01\/harassment-in-indie-games-who-what-where-why-and-how-part-1\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T00:39:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T05:39:36","slug":"harassment-in-indie-games-who-what-where-why-and-how-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/12\/harassment-in-indie-games-who-what-where-why-and-how-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Harassment in Indie Games: Who, What, Where, Why, and HOW Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 26pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Harassment in Indie Games: Who, What, Where, Why, and HOW<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Content warning: sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual violence, threats, online harassment, threats of violence, harassment and assault of minors, statutory rape, rape, mental illness, anxiety, social ostracizing<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.briecs.com\/2017\/12\/harassment-in-indie-games-part-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 2,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.briecs.com\/2017\/12\/harassment-in-indie-games-part-3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 3,<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.briecs.com\/2017\/12\/harassment-in-indie-games-part-4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 4.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 20pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Part 1 &#8211; Introduction, and Who<\/span><\/h1>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Recently <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/Pg2XcrB5n8Lwgk8L2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I put out a survey<\/a> to ask people about their experiences with harassment and assault in indie rpgs and larps, as well as spaces around them like conventions. I wanted to gain some context to talk about it.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The purpose of this blog series is to talk about:<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Who: who is being impacted, who is taking harmful action,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">What: what is being done as a harmful act, what the result of the harm is, and what we are doing right now,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Where: where the events are happening,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Why: why is this happening right now, why do people do this, why it\u2019s happening where it is, and,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">How: How we can respond to it, how to avoid it in the future.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This has not been an easy task for me or, especially, for the people who shared their stories. I am incredibly grateful to the people who responded. Whether they chose to be anonymous or to share their personal information, I think it takes a lot of fortitude to talk about our experiences.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The first thing about this, which I knew beforehand would happen, is that I didn\u2019t receive piles of responses. While people are fine with speaking about their experiences in closed spaces, or in places where they could easily delete their posts, etc. I am not sharing the exact numbers of people publicly because I don\u2019t want to increase any risk to people who have shared. I also want to point out that what I\u2019m sharing here is pieces of the responses. I had to select carefully because it was, even with the responses I got, a ton of dense and very important information. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"><b>Edit for definition:<\/b> I was asked to give a definition to indie games by a reader. The definition I offer here is just mine and what I used. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"><br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"><br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;\">I allowed respondents to define it by their own awareness since it is a flexible term, but what I was looking for is primarily independent and small publishers (so as small as a single person, but not really bigger than Margaret Weis Productions) focused on tabletop RPGs and larp, and the spaces where those games are played and promoted (even within larger events, like Gen Con and Origins).<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">I was made very aware of my own circle of influence during this project, and I know that I actually ended up having to play the dodging game with people who <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">I<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">know have done harmful things. <\/span><\/div>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 16pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #434343; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Full Disclosure<\/span><\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Three of these posts are paid posts on my Patreon (Patreon.com\/briecs), and I\u2019m accepting support and donations through PayPal (PayPal.me\/briecs) as I normally do. The final post proceeds will go to <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.rainn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest Network)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Additionally, I want to give full disclosure for my perspective. I have been: <\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8212; Content warning for list of traumatic experiences related to sexual violence &#8212;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">assaulted, <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">drugged and assaulted (to what degree, I actually am not sure&#8230;because I was drugged),<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">harassed, stalked, groped, and negged*, <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">recipient of erotic fanfiction <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">about myself and the person<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> in my inbox without permission and also when I was too afraid to say no because the person might kill themselves,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">hit on and solicited by men at least 5 years my senior up to 40 years even when I was underage, from known ages,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">recipient of rape (including explicit description) and death threats (of the \u201craped-to-death\u201d variety) by strangers and by people I knew,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">emotionally manipulated into sex, and,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">body shamed in the context of a sexual relationship.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">[*Negging is when someone insults you to lower your self esteem so they can give compliments and influence the individual towards them. It is popular with pick-up artists and it\u2019s bullshit.]<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8212; End content warning for list of traumatic experiences related to sexual violence &#8212;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">A fair amount of this stuff occurred in game communities, others in adjacent geek communities. I have been sexualized by older people since I was at least 5 (yes, I\u2019m sure of that), online and face-to-face active verbal and physical harassment started in my teens, and so on. I also know personally of two domestic abusers in the community, a few men who have harassed or assaulted people, and multiple people who I wouldn\u2019t want to be alone with because of their behavior, and not all of these identities are known or public. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This context is so people understand, <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">yes, I am biased<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. I am biased against people doing bad acts. I don\u2019t think bad acts only happen to women or that only men commit it, or anything like that, and I do fully believe that in most cases people can change and stop doing bad things, and try to do better things. That takes work, though, so with no apologies and no change, people remain in a bad spot with me.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">I also<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> believe victims<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. If it turns out someone has been falsifying things, that\u2019s pretty shitty, yes. Most of the time, though, victims are more likely to keep the secret forever than risk the stigma and vilification that most victims experience. Victims are not treated with respect in most situations, and it can be downright dangerous to speak out against people who hurt them. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">SO, with that in mind, let\u2019s get started. Follow the cut!<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Note: Quotes from the survey may be cropped or have sections excluded to remove names of individuals involved in the situation or to reduce the length of the post &#8211; I am doing everything I can to maintain the voice of the respondents and this post is reviewed by the respondents for their approval.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 18pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">WHO<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 16pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #434343; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Who is being impacted?<\/span><\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"371\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/hR9JPCTF-i5TaUFEos5l8gSHU-7QkVLCrGfIeOom3lX3k6reYy8AnFFlOR9sSNfO2eVPxfZXtk_BQIiWiApC6H24bG1Cu7Ec86AiaSL_unZbXSG_JHGM7tEY0d15pvMC4d-9Pfg3\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/371;-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);\" title=\"Chart\" width=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The survey was open to basically any gender, and I received a majority of responses from cis women (less than 50%, but the whole of theirs was larger than any other category), but also from trans women, nonbinary people, genderfluid people, and men. It is pretty well known that cis women are often recipients of sexual harassment and violence, but it is important to me to note that people were being impacted across the gender spectrum. This is not <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">only<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> a \u201c[cis] women\u2019s issue\u201d &#8211; it\u2019s an everyone issue. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Keeping in mind that cis men, trans men, and masc people overall are even more unlikely to report their abuse because of the stigma that comes with it, I\u2019m not surprised that I received few reports from those individuals &#8211; less than \u2155 of the responses were from them, in part because a couple who responded are being counted as responses from women because some men reported on behalf of their partners. Still, it\u2019s important to note that men did respond &#8211; in part because of a comment I got that stuck out to me.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">When I asked what could be done to support victims, they responded \u201cI have no idea. Criminalize men?\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Men are significantly noted as the bad actors here, but cis and trans men are impacted by harassment <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">from women as well as others<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, and this kind of commentary discourages them from being able to acknowledge the harm done to them (by any gender, including other men). I want to make sure we don\u2019t ignore other individuals who are causing harm (including women against women, and so on), and ensure we\u2019re listening to all survivors.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">I didn\u2019t ask for participant ages, which I may change if I revisit this, but about a third of the people who responded talked directly about underage people (themselves or others) being harmed by sexually-charged behaviors, whether it was sexual assault or harassment, or manipulation and controlling behavior. Emotional abuse is a factor here across the board, and it really impacts younger people. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">One person who responded said that they received a lot more harassment when they were younger, but now nearing age 50, they receive less &#8211; but it hasn\u2019t stopped.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">I did not include race or disability on the survey, which may be considered if I ever pursue a future survey. I left those out to ease people\u2019s entry into responding and reduce the risk of identification by outsiders who read my article. I hope that\u2019s understandable!<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 16pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #434343; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Who is causing harm?<\/span><\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">It is unfortunate here that many of the respondents did note that the person who harmed them was a man. However, not everyone mentioned the gender of the person (I didn\u2019t ask in case people wanted to share multiple experiences, which they did), and there were women reported as being the bad actor. People of all genders were noted as bystanders, as well, which was disappointing. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The bad actors skewed adult &#8211; almost all of the responses were grown adults, but teenagers were mentioned as some of the offenders, as well. This is important to note because of the age power differential, as well as the spaces where these things happen.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Importantly, not all of these were heterosexual interactions, or done by straight people. One instance has a confluence of issues:<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">I had a game master\/member of a community that I was a part of harass me multiple times over the 2 years I was around in said community. The individual was a cis man who identified as gay, even though I am a woman and was identifying as a lesbian at that time he would constantly make sexual jokes about me. He pretty constantly made these jokes and also would offhandedly talk about wanting to have sex with me\/wanting to see me nude even though I identify as a woman AND I was underage at this point (He was in his late 20s). [from a trans woman]<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This includes the underage issue, the gender issue, tacks on transmisogyny, and also frames this as within a community. More on spaces soon, but in the next post, I want to talk about what\u2019s being done.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">US Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8211; Chat https:\/\/hotline.rainn.org\/online\/terms-of-service.jsp<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">US Domestic Abuse Hotline: 1-800-799-7233<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8211; Worldwide chat: http:\/\/www.thehotline.org\/about-us\/contact\/<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">US Suicide Hotline 1-800-273-8255<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8211; Chat http:\/\/chat.suicidepreventionlifeline.org\/GetHelp\/LifelineChat.aspx<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: &quot;arial&quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">I apologize for not having non-US numbers at this time. The chats should be accessible for anyone, and if you still need help, please contact me directly via contactbriecs@gmail.com. I&#8217;m sending good vibes to you as well as I can. Thank you!<\/span><\/div>\n<p>edited 12\/1\/2017 correcting language re: cis women\/women\/trans women in paragraph after figure, ditto for cis men\/men\/trans men. Sorry for the errors!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This post was supported by the community on <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/briecs\">patreon.com\/briecs<\/a>. Tell your friends! <\/p>\n<p>To leave some cash in the tip jar, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/paypal.me\/thoughty\">http:\/\/paypal.me\/thoughty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to be interviewed for Thoughty, or have a project featured, email <a href=\"mailto:contactbriecs@gmail.com?Subject=Thoughty%20Blog\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">contactbriecs@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harassment in Indie Games: Who, What, Where, Why, and HOW Content warning: sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual violence, threats, online harassment, threats of violence, harassment and assault of minors, statutory rape, rape, mental illness, anxiety, social ostracizingPart 2, Part 3, and Part 4. 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