Researchers surveyed 1,000 women of all ages across the UK who play mobile games
  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    82·
    6 days ago

    Many men are emotionally unable to accept things like this. I think the reasoning goes like

    • i’m a good person
    • i like my hobby
    • someone is saying bad things about my hobby
    • this makes me feel bad, so it must be false
    • furthermore, the person bringing it up is attacking me

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief_perseverance

    Facts don’t matter. There’s really nothing you can do if you’re not someone they like.

    I also think about this comic a lot: https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1151.html - Some people are too cowardly to grow.

    • subarctic5128@lemmy.caEnglish
      71·
      6 days ago

      I also think it may be just… sexism… I know people who behave like this towards women, but not other men…