Gamer Girl?

In the gaming community there is an increasing number of females who are getting into the hobby. They are known as "gamer girls" which in my opinion should just be known as gamers. Males aren't called "gamer boys" so why did we get that name? Being a female gamer has had both positive and negative effects on me over the years.

Growing up it was my brother who got me playing video games from an early age. I got older and always hid my gaming hobby from people when I learned that "gaming is for boys and losers". I would heard people in my classes talking about a great new game and I'd pretended to not know anything about it to avoid getting laugh at. I was always scared people would either call me fake and would think by gamer I played "girly" games. Also a lot of girls use gaming to get attention from boys and are portrayed as an X-Rated fantasy girls across the internet. If boys want to play video games with girls, they must first learn how to respect them.

Something else that kills me is that I will find a genuine gamer girl in a game and want to be friends and they turn it into a competition. Its even worse if this girl is attractive as this could easily start WW3. Overall I wish that girls wouldn't have to hide from this hobby in fear if being called fake over something that they truly care about.