Sexists are worse at video games, study suggests

The more a man sucks at video games, the more likely he'll be mean to his female fellow players, suggests a new study.

That study, performed by Kasumovic Lab, was intended to scientifically test whether "female-initiated disruption of a male hierarchy incites hostile behavior from poor performing males who stand to lose the most status."

In plain English: If a man is really bad at something, from work to playing games online, are they more likely to be threatened by women doing the same thing, and act out accordingly?

To test this theory, they studied the players of Halo 3, an online competitive first-person shooter released for the Xbox 360 in 2007. Video games like Halo 3 rely on skill and reaction time instead of strength, meaning that men and women are on equal ground — but that it's often considered a "boy's game" because of the subject matter.