Nerd Boys are the Worst

In our society, boys learn that they are "better" than girls, and learn to beat their chests and be dominant while women learn that they are not as good as boys and hunch their shoulders*. Whites learn that they are "normal" people, and we are all expected to be attracted to the other sex. The media tells us which holidays normal people celebrate and what clothes normal people can wear. I'm female, white, raised Catholic, straight, and have been overweight all my life. I know the other side of the story. I don't know what it is like to be in the minority race, homosexual, or differently gendered, but I know what it is like to be oppressed and told that I am wrong. I know what it is like to be judged on things I can't control.

So what does this have to do with nerd boys? Nerd boys, by and large white, by my definition, whether attractive or overweight, were on the low end of the boy totem pole in childhood. Unlike the popular boys, they did not reap the rewards of the patriarchy, but instead of realizing the flaws, they bought in to it because they were men, and that made them better than women, even the women that rejected them and made fun of them. They wondered why they couldn't get a date as they pined after the cheerleaders, ignoring the just-as-imperfect nerd girls around them.

Nerd boys know oppression, and have the potential to be great allies to women, racial "minorities", homosexuals, and other non-priviledged groups. They also have the ability to become the most brutal sexist, racist, homophobic assholes society can create. Isolated from women during puberty, whether due to looks or obscure interests, they associate together, severely othering women and hypothesizing reprehensible thought patterns. For example:

I was rejected from the top Alliance guild on my server, Templar Knights, because I'm a woman. People liked my application, it was suggested that there was a spot for me - until the guildmaster came in and was like "No women, sorry". When I asked them not to judge me on things I can't control (and I was civil...I was very professional about it) they posted pictures of porn. The top guild of all time, Nihilium, also does not recruit women. Apparently we're a distraction. Well distract this, fuckers. I'm sick and fucking tired of women having to take responsibility for the actions of feckless men. What, are all men idiot children that can't control themselves? I don't believe it. It's not MY problem that hearing a woman's voice on vent makes you cream your pants. I'm perfectly capable of acting like an adult and interacting with other adults, it's not MY problem that some men supposedly lack these skills. If I'm wearing a short skirt, that doesn't turn men into rapists. Likewise, my presence doesn't turn men into gibbering idiots unable to push a button on their keyboard. They're retards all on their own.

I've reported them to Blizzard, hopefully there is some kind of mechanism for dealing with this.

-Entomologista

Furthermore, if men cannot play a game or perform adequately with women present, they cannot play or perform adequately at all.

*I was going somewhere with this analogy, I just never got back to it.