Goodbye hot pants, hello equality. The CEO of WafaGames, Kathy Gong, speaks about why women are finally being represented fairly in the gaming industry
Each time WafaGames founder Kathy Gong walks into a meeting, she gets asked the exact same question. ‘How can a woman lead a gaming company?’
“It’s really frustrating,” says the Gen.T honouree. "Because it happens in every single meeting. I know what the subtext is, ‘You’re a woman, therefore you clearly can’t understand gaming like we do, so what are you doing here?’”
A lot of stereotypes exist around gaming: namely that they are the preserve of socially isolated teenage boys who probably haven’t had sex. But that mindset not only illustrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the entire industry, it also perpetuates the idea that women have no place inside it.