'It’s scary to be a woman in gaming': Two thirds of female players report being 'harassed online'

Last year over two thirds of women gamers reported being harassed while they played online, according to Bryter, a market research company. A third wouldn’t even turn their microphones on in case other players realised they were women, the study said. Sky's Mickey Carroll logged on to a social platform which hosts chat rooms for games to find out how women gamers are treated in 2024. This is what happened. #femalegamers #gaming #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos:    / skynews   Follow us on Twitter:   / skynews   Like us on Facebook:   / skynews   Follow us on Instagram:   / skynews   Follow us on TikTok:   / skynews   For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-n... Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí:    / @skynewsespanol   To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales