Haowei Yu

'Why Are You Playing Games? You Are a Girl!': Exploring The Gender Biases of Male and Female in Esports

Esports are rapidly growing within academia. In HCI, earlier work explored how problematic behaviors emerging from gender biases(e.g., toxicity) negatively impact female participation in esports. Here, we further explore gender biases in esports by interviewing19 self-identified female and male professional gamers and…