'I got rape threats over claims I put a feminist symbol in a video game'
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Young male gamers in South Korea thought it resembled a gesture used to poke fun at the size of men’s penises.
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Well fair, but using toxic stereotypes, even ironically, doesn’t seem to be the way to dismantle that stereotype. It’s like if a woman made fun of a man for liking pegging, and I call her a whore. No one should value a person based on their genitals or how many people they sleep with.

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Well that’s me sold on picking the bear

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