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[โ€“] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This was my experience watching the video games episode of Adam Ruins Everything.

"They kept games in the toy aisle! Of course girls weren't playing them."

  1. I played then... then again I wasn't a girl at the time but I'm a woman now..

  2. If by that you mean in electronics locked away behind glass. Than yes.... the toy aisle

[โ€“] WldFyre@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

If you were socialized and raised as a boy by your parents, then I don't think you can say your personal experience disproves that games were demonstrably marketed and targeted towards boys and not girls. It's gotten better with time thankfully but yeah not sure you can just handwave that away.