First off, it's bad enough just having a female avatar having people follow you around going "OMG your character has ****! i better stare at them as much I can right now, 'cuz no woman would ever let me do that in real-life." If you try and walk away they just hound you down during the entire time you're waiting on the bridge before the match starts.
God forbid if I actually speak aloud to a squadmate, who then thinks he's allowed all manner of hate-speech imaginable for the insufferable nature of having a woman on his squad..

I'd rather not have the bridge that have people chase me every single game, then hear such wonderful things when I join a match without people I know. There needs to be a way to report these actions and to prevent them

agreed, my girlfriend and i play, and she catches alot when they hear her speaking, a few times i've had to step in because it got so bad. sexual harassment is no joke

everyone gets hounded in the warbarge at some point, theres nothing else to do. I think your looking into this to much. As for comments on mic....you actually have people speaking in pub matches?

I think you are wrong. Have you run a female alt yet?

I actually got email requests to be 'friends' for no other reason than my avatar was female. That was before the wipe and I have not yet restarted another but some reporting mechanism should be in place.

First off, it's bad enough just having a female avatar having people follow you around going "OMG your character has [mammary glands] ! i better stare at them as much I can right now, 'cuz no woman would ever let me do that in real-life." If you try and walk away they just hound you down during the entire time you're waiting on the bridge before the match starts.
God forbid if I actually speak aloud to a squadmate, who then thinks he's allowed all manner of hate-speech imaginable for the insufferable nature of having a woman on his squad..

I'd rather not have the bridge that have people chase me every single game, then hear such wonderful things when I join a match without people I know. There needs to be a way to report these actions and to prevent them

i wish all the ladys would check out my buff heavy

First off, it's bad enough just having a female avatar having people follow you around going "OMG your character has [mammary glands] ! i better stare at them as much I can right now, 'cuz no woman would ever let me do that in real-life." If you try and walk away they just hound you down during the entire time you're waiting on the bridge before the match starts.
God forbid if I actually speak aloud to a squadmate, who then thinks he's allowed all manner of hate-speech imaginable for the insufferable nature of having a woman on his squad..

I'd rather not have the bridge that have people chase me every single game, then hear such wonderful things when I join a match without people I know. There needs to be a way to report these actions and to prevent them

lol "hi, just saw your avitar and you are sexy, wanna be friends?" kinda creepy i guess, just report them here on the forums, there must be a place for it. And if you ever need a shoulder to cry on....jokes

There's a lot of dumbass in the online gaming community. This just illustrates the fact that the internet makes you stupid, and anonymity is the birthplace of morons.

It's comforting to note that people who have the time to note and get angry about having a pair of X chromosomes riding shotgun usually aren't exactly what one would call important to the rest of the world at large.

If I may, once the game goes live use a tank and drive over stupid blueberries who don't understand words like No, and Shuddup, and Ew you're repulsive, and "This is a bar of soap, it's a magical invention. Don't talk to me again until you have mastered it's use."

Friendly fire is going to be your savior in DUST 514. I encourage it's use to discourage stupidity. I also encourage the use of the customer support email to report specific incidents of actual sexual harassment. Because it's in violation of the EULA. And i think people getting slapped for being stupid is hilarious.

Which makes me think of you solving these issues and shouting "Breakin Stuff" into your mic. Good post, BTW.

Would this work both ways? ie. if a female harasses a male on the Internet? Would the male then be able to report them?

Its so rare that a woman will harass a man for being a man (for one, its rare enough to find one in game), but yes, if there was actual harassment