>>417527992
Nah, the author's conclusion is wrong

young adult males form small bands and compete with each other both within and against other bands, females move into the bands and pick out the highest status males for partners

video game teams are a very minor proxy for these bands, along with sports and gangs and whatever

its not that the low skilled male players are more hostile, it's that the higher skilled males are unusually positive because because in most teams they hold the status the female is looking for

Of course the authors should know this but they are politically motivated hacks searching for evidence that fits their "look we discovered toxic behavior when disrupting male hierarchies" scheme