E-sport, a universe that remains hostile to the fairer sex

Sexism, insults, harassment… The qualifiers are hardly brilliant when it comes to discussing the place of women in e-sport. However, according to a study published by the Sell (Union of leisure software publishers) in 2020, nearly one out of two video game players is a woman. But when it comes to e-sport, therefore competitions, this figure of 47% drops to only 6% in France, according to the association Women in Games (WIG) which works for a greater openness of the discipline to the fairer sex. As was the case recently with the posting of a documentary about two young women, Noxtra (24 years old) and Viki (25 years old), trying to find a place for themselves in this macho environment to change mentalities.

Both are followers of famous strategy game League of Legends (LOL) which pits two teams of five players against each other seeking to destroy the opposing base. They started trying out the controller around the age of 5-6, one in Zelda, the other on…