Admit One

[Kreekakon]

As I stated before, the member of an opressive group has no right to claim what the oppressed should feel. As a male in the gaming community, you aren't likely to experience the harassament the female gamer has. Threats of rape, violence, humiliating inferences about their sex life (or lack thereof), and their general worthiness to be called a 'gamer' is something even I can attest to, something my male friends never seem to get.
It's not a consipracy, it's simple fact. As a male, you don't have the first hand experience. Just as a white person in America, I have no right to belittle the experiences of a person of color, so you do not have the right to tell a female what her experiences 'probably' are/were.

TL;DR: Check yo privilege.

If what you say stands wouldn't it really suck if I had an opinion on the entire matter, but am not taken seriously just because I'm from the "oppressive" group?

If you have valid claims, those claims shouldn't be any less valid whether, or not which "side" (*Shudders at the thought of having to call sides*) you're from.

Real Life Example: Lots of Blizzard related Hearthstone news I go to I see people screaming for beta keys, and nothing else. The moment the beta started I thought they were going too far, and such a plea for something as trivial as a beta invite was ridiculous.

About a week ago, I got a beta invite for Hearthstone from Blizzard. I still have not changed my mind about the people who don't who are constantly begging for a key. Is my opinion now less worthwhile because I now have received a key?