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FEMALES IN ESPORTS
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With esports being a newly developing industry, the demand for spaces in this organization has grown exponentially. From the life as a professional gamer to streaming content or a game developer, the esports world is filling up very quickly with very brilliant minds and the female lovers of esport aren’t left out as they are eager to be at the forefront of the gaming world.
The gap females have to cover in the gaming world comes with various obstacles like
Battling Gender Bias and Disparity in esports:
In the world of esports, women have set up women-only tournaments showcasing the vast talent they possess in esports and creating awareness for others to get involved but it only goes soo far.
The idea of esport is supposed to be an even playing field and the fact that women are separated from the men in tournaments gives the notion that the women wouldn’t be able to keep up according to Christina Alejandre (VP of esports for Turner Sports and GM of Eleague).
Challenging Bias Perception:
Early Social Check:
Society played a role in distancing the female child from sports in general and majorly video gaming back in the day. Today we have quite a large population of women showing their love for sports and most recently esports. As they grow, it shouldn’t be strange for the female child to equally have vast interest in gaming and esports as a whole.
Roles females have thrived in esports:
Even though being a professional gamer is the main goal for most, there are a lot of other roles and careers females have become very successful in. some these are
- Commentators
- Event organizers
- Game developers
- Esports analysts
- Streamers
These and many more are roles where women are thriving in the world of esports. There is also the benefit of higher education to assist in building their esports careers.
Even though facing online trolls and harassment as women, the female esports gamer, developer etc is encouraged to forego stereotypes and go after what they want because indeed the esports community is a level playing field if you are good enough and no one is to make anyone feel any different.
