Listen as Lilian Chen describes her experiences with sexism in the Super Smash Brothers gaming community, and explores topics like bullying, gender imbalance, social dynamics, and feminism.

Concepts

sexism, gender equality, video games, feminism, cyberbullying, bullying, gender roles, gender bias

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• This would serve as an excellent supplement to a lesson on cyberbullying or digital citizenship
• There are several excellent options for follow-up discussion topics: stereotyping, peer pressure, feminism, and sexism in gaming communities

Pros

• Content relevant to young adults and popular culture
• You can customize the discussion questions provided by publisher

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.3