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At colleges nationwide, esports teams dominated by men

  • Written by Lindsey Darvin, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, State University of New York College at Cortland
At colleges nationwide, esports teams dominated by menWomen players are often targets of to gender-based verbal attacks.Matthew Knight/AFP via Getty ImagesGraphic: 8.2% of college esports players are womenThe Conversation, CC BY-ND

Although esports – competitive, organized video gaming – has exploded into a billion-dollar industry, women players are hard to find on esports teams at America’s colleges and universities. In the...

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