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They tend to on average have higher reaction times compared to men
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0026141%23%3a%7e%3atext%3dThe+mean+fastest+reaction+time+recorded+by+men%2clittle+as+109+ms+and+121+ms%2c+respectively.&msclkid=3523cb60d12711ec83524f0d164a2a64
the difference between average reaction between men and women is quite large putting most of them at a disadvantage on average compared to male players -
no of players
its male dominated scene since you would rarely find any women play games from a young age. most females dont even own a console or pc capable of running games. this means that majority of them dont even play games to begin with. -
harrasment
im pretty sure with many gamebases being extremely toxic and sexist towards women it also makes games less appealing to them. even men get trash talked in games but males tend to be more tolerant to such behaviour as they are exposed to it more than females.
this is my simple analogy