This article examines gender dynamics within a women-dominated online community centered around The Sims, a feminine-coded simulation computer game in which women are the majority of players. Based on qualitative analysis of 10 threads and approximately 400 comments from both the official Sims 4 forums and unofficial Sims 4 subreddit, as well as online ethnography, I find that some men responded to their minority status within the Sims community by arguing that men were neglected by the developers at the expensive the inclusion of women and LGBTQ players, for instance, due to an imbalance of content designed for men versus women. However, these men experienced pushback against these ideas in such a way that minimized their voices. I argue that this pushback is a form of moderating masculinity to defend the safety of the community for women. This study contributes to our understanding of gender dynamics in digital spaces, particularly those dominated by women.

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在女性主导的数字空间中调节男性气质：《模拟人生 4》在线社区中的男性和男性气质

本文探讨了以女性为主的在线社区中的性别动态，该社区以《模拟人生》为中心，这是一款女性编码的模拟电脑游戏，其中女性玩家占大多数。根据对《模拟人生 4》官方论坛和非官方《模拟人生 4》 Reddit 子版块以及在线民族志的 10 个帖子和约 400 条评论的定性分析，我发现一些男性对自己在《模拟人生》社区中的少数地位做出了回应，认为男性被忽视了例如，由于为男性和女性设计的内容不平衡，开发商以高昂的代价将女性和 LGBTQ 玩家纳入其中。然而，这些人以最小化自己的声音的方式遭遇了对这些想法的抵制。我认为这种抵制是一种缓和男性气质的形式，以捍卫女性社区的安全。这项研究有助于我们理解数字空间中的性别动态，特别是那些以女性为主的空间。