Why are women so underrepresented in eSports?

Hi everyone. This week, I decided to take a look at why women make up half of all gamers, but are so disproportionately underrepresented in eSports. This was a lot of fun to make, and I hope you enjoy it!

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Statista gamer demographics: https://www.statista.com/statistics/232383/gender-split-of-us-computer-and-video-gamers/

Statler & Waldorf footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GoUVsHyIoU&t=304s

CLG Red footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUcyMZSInBQ

  Vermeulen, Lotte, Elena Núñez Castellar, Dirk Janssen, Licia Calvi, and Jan Van Looy. “Playing Under Threat. Examining Stereotype Threat in Female Game Players.” Computers in Human Behavior 57 (2016): 377–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.12.042.

Image of magic circle diagram taken from Dr. Angus Mol’s lecture “Digital Playgrounds”, slide 10. Original concept: 

  Huizinga, Eco, Schendel, Eco, Umberto, and Schendel, Corinna van. Homo Ludens. Milano: Edizione CDE (su licenza della Giulio Einaudi editore), 1985.