Activision Blizzard sued by California over “pervasive frat boy culture”

Activision Blizzard sued by California over “pervasive frat boy culture”

Activision Blizzard, the giants behind titles like Call of Duty, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft, are being sued for fostering a “frat boy” culture where women in the workplace are sexually harassed and are given unequal pay.The lawsuit

, filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), comes after a two-year investigation into the gaming giants. DFEH’s report into Activision Blizzard claimed working for the company “was akin to working in a frat house, which invariably involved male employees drinking and subjecting female employees to sexual harassment with no repercussion”. “In the office, women are subjected to ‘cube crawls’ in which male employees drink copious amounts of alcohol as they ‘crawl’ their way through various cubicles in the office and often engage in inappropriate behavior toward female employees,” it said. “Male employees proudly come into work hungover, play video games for long periods of time during work while delegating their responsibilities to female employees, engage in banter about their sexual encounters, talk openly about female bodies, and joke about rape.”