10 Lessons The Gaming Industry Must Learn From #GamerGate
9. The Accusation That #GamerGate Was Born Out Of Misogyny Didn't Work
To disprove the claim one only needs to do two things. Define misogyny, and find the source of the term #GamerGate. Misogyny is defined as the hatred of women and the very first usage of #GamerGate was from a tweet by celebrity Adam Baldwin (it should be noted that the first reference to #GamerGate in the previously mentioned IRC chat was in reference to this very tweet). The tweet links to two videos by The Internet Aristocrat (IA) which documents The Quinnspiracy obviously named after Zoes twitter handle. Both these videos contain no misogynistic content. So by looking at the order of events (as many people thankfully did), its clear that #GamerGate was not founded on misogyny or harassment, but rather the sharing of information.
