DisguisedToast hits out at Valorant “incels” for driving ladies away from gaming

Twitch streamer DisguisedToast is taking intention at “incels” in video games like Valorant for driving ladies away from the gaming scene.

It’s no secret that the web gaming world might be an unfriendly place for ladies on occasion.

Loads of ladies in gaming have spoken out about sexist therapy from male teammates in multiplayer titles like Overwatch and Valorant, with streamer IShowSpeed most not too long ago getting banned from the latter for making sexist remarks towards a feminine participant.

Twitch star DisguisedToast spoke out on the matter throughout an April 2022 broadcast, the place he hit out at poisonous male gamers for primarily driving ladies out of the house — or, extra particularly, “incels.”

“The factor I don’t get about incels in video video games is that incels are mad that they’ll’t get women,” he started. “So, it appears so counterproductive to drive away ladies from gaming.”

“Like, I’m a recovering incel, and I like ladies. You recognize what I would like? I would like far more ladies in gaming as a result of extra ladies in gaming means extra possibilities of me interacting with ladies.”

“So, even in case you deal with ladies like objects — which you shouldn’t by the best way, ladies are people who needs to be handled with respect — it appears so silly to disrespect ladies in gaming, ’trigger you’re driving away the factor you need. Like, are you silly?”

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This isn’t the primary time Toast has hit out at sexism in Valorant; final month, he slammed a commenter for sympathizing with Valorant streamer JasonR, who got here underneath fireplace for refusing to play with ladies.

It’s clear that Toast doesn’t have time for sexism in his multiplayer video games — one thing that Riot has additionally taken a tough stance on by banning iShowSpeed from all of their titles over his sexist outburst.