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Twitch boss Matthew DiPietro is clear that the industry needs to do more about online sexism in gaming.
The senior executive was speaking to us from the streaming site's headquarters in San Francisco.
Gamers have told Newsbeat about their experiences and Twitch says it's doing all it can to stamp out sexism on the platform.
But Matthew tells us this isn't a problem that Twitch can solve on its own.
He says the industry needs to invest money to "move forward on this issue".
He's calling for "investment in terms of people, education and money.
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Twitch: Gaming Needs to ‘Invest’ to Tackle Sexism
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 03 2016, @04:30PM
Ya no kidding! I love how the male stereotypes are completely ignored. Giant muscles, characters are a "mans man", etc. Men are tough, women are pretty. This is a biological thing and both aspects get taken to extremes. Most games are fine, I think too many people just don't have anything better to do.