Activision Blizzard is a popular bullying suit
The behemoth of the Activision game Blizzard is the latest gaming company that has been studied for allegedly promoting a culture of sexism. A lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing on Wednesday alleges sexual harassment and discrimination against women workers at Activision Blizzard. The prominence of suits in the structure and systems of Activision Blizzard is similar to that shown by lawsuits and dossiers Around Riot Games and Ubisoft in recent years.
The control of the gaming industry with inequality in the workplace has been in place for years. Leading companies have been slow, as well as reluctant, to respond to their discriminatory cultures, in some cases doing architecture asylum forts about more problematic workers and systems. Activision Blizzard has the option to set a different tone. So far it seems unlikely.
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It’s widely known that women are not well represented in tech in general. I’ve debated this before with people I know and they claim that anything less than 50:50 representation implies discrimination. While I’d like to have more women in tech, I believe it’s more complicated than that because women apply for tech jobs at a far lower rate in the first place, so it’s not as simple as saying “low women ratio implies discrimination”.
I think Blizzard is probably guilty of discriminatory practices, but I also feel that we ought to be objective in recognizing that the prosecutor’s role is not to be a balanced or unbiased source. Their facts and documents can be misleading by design because it’s their job to make the defense look bad. Blizzard’s side of the store isn’t represented here at all.