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At colleges nationwide, esports teams dominated by men

  • Written by Lindsey Darvin, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, State University of New York College at Cortland
imageWomen players are often targets of to gender-based verbal attacks.Matthew Knight/AFP via Getty ImagesimageThe Conversation, CC BY-ND

Although esports – competitive, organized video gaming – has exploded into a billion-dollar industry, women players are hard to find on esports teams at America’s colleges and universities. In the...

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