I know to many of you, this will just be laughed off. I also realize this thread will make me an even bigger target. However, I feel that this is a statement that needs to be made.
Behind each and every character is a real person. A real person that is happy, sad, successful, struggling...the list goes on and on. Someone who you may never know personally nor ever care to. Someone who might have the perfect life or someone who has been to hell and back. The point is, while many of you hide behind a facade, many play as themselves.
I for one, play as I am in real life...quiet, shy and caring about others. I know I'm not popular on the game, but I don't care to be. I just want to be someone that helps people when I can, whether it be making potions or assisting with a dungeon run. I have a nice life. I'm in a beautiful relationship, I have a wonderful family, successful career and the amazing experiences I've had, well, I'd never trade them for anything in the world. I've also been through a lot of shit in my life that I'd never wish on my worst enemy.
With that being said, no one knows what anyone else has been through. It's easy to forget that there is a real person behind every character. Some don't give a crap about things that are said to them. Others, like myself, take every single word to heart.
Being a woman in this game, not a male that plays a girl toon, but a real woman alone makes me a target. For whatever reason, the latest simply being named "Chelsea" made me a target of hurtful comments. For more times than I wish to recall in this game, I have been labeled "slut," "whore" and "bimbo." Anyone who knows me in game knows I am not flirtatious. Yet, degrading, humiliating and sexually offensive terms are thrown around. I know I am not the only woman who is at the receiving end of these insults. It seems to be the "go to" insult that men like to take. It's misogynisitic and it must stop.
People need to realize that words do cut like a knife and hurt deeper than you can possibly understand. I won't elaborate on why I am so sensitive, that's too personal. When someone so carelessly throws those words at me, it hurts deep. I will take offense. I may not defend myself eloquently, but through the tears I will try to defend myself. That makes me, yet an even greater target. The point is, you don't know what someone has experienced. You just don't. Any word implying that a woman is a slut is a form of sexual harassment. It's not acceptable.
I know many will see this and say "she only wants attention." I really don't care about what you think in that aspect, it just needed to be said. I won't be checking my comments on this thread, in fact, I'm expecting it to be removed because it exposes an ugly aspect of this game.
Just be respectful to each other, that's all.






