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Aside from the obvious reasons of misogyny, bigotry, repression and others, I started to wonder why these spaces are such a cesspool for transphobia.

This is just part of the puzzle but what if the reason cis male gamers tend to be so transphobic is because a lot of them grew up being warned the cute girl avatar was probably "some dude on the other end"

Which was 100% understandable for safety reasons as the Internet was far, far different but, unintentionally, planted the idea that trans women are, to them, a physical manifestation of that warning

The online gaming boom in the early 2000s was where so much social interaction happened. MMOs, especially

Separate webpage community forums