Video games linked to sexism in teenagers: study

Heh, lucky video games, always the target of junk science news reports claiming their very medium is destructive.

So here's the question: is it a junk science news article because it reports on a junk science experiment that just correlated hours playing games and sexist attitudes with no concern for which games were part of those hours and how much immersion in the toxic subculture that surrounds rabid game fandom outside of games? Does anyone really think that 3 hours playing Minecraft vs. 3 hours playing Dead or Alive: Xtreme Venus will lead to equivalent sexist attitudes?

Or is it a junk science news article because the original study acknowledged those likely far more important influences but the AFP reporter didn't adequately explain them because science is hard and press organizations don't give their reporters enough time to adequately understand science before blasting it into the public?

Because at this point I'd put the odds at 50/50 either way.

Imagine that.

Now why would i believe a study from one of the most sexist countries out there. Go ahead google it

Confirmation bias much? So there are zero other contributing factors?

What's next? Teens with legs are more mobile than the one's without legs.

Ppppssssstttt.... Assertions are not facts. You need evidence that shows video games have a direct effect on sexism in teens.

@katsu78

It does literally say that not all games are in the sexist-category, but the bestsellers are some of the worst. To me that does suggest them paying attention to the games being played.