Editing Gamer (section)

===Female gamer/gamer girl===
{{Main|Women and video games}}
A female gamer, or gamer girl or girl gamer, is any female who regularly engages in playing video games. According to a study conducted by the Entertainment Software Association in 2009, 40% of the game playing population is female, and women 18 or older comprise 34% of all gamers. Also, the percentage of women playing online had risen to 43%, up 4% from 2004. The same study shows that 48% of game purchasers are female.<ref name="Theesa.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.theesa.com/facts/index.asp|title=The Entertainment Software Association – Industry Facts|publisher=Theesa.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128145706/http://www.theesa.com/facts/index.asp|archive-date=2014-11-28|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-07-16}}</ref><ref name="Facts and Figures"/>
According to a 2015 Pew survey, 6% of women in the United States identify as gamers, compared to 15% of men, and 48% of women and 50% of men play video games.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duggan |first1=Maeve |title=Who plays video games and identifies as a "gamer" |url=http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/12/15/who-plays-video-games-and-identifies-as-a-gamer/ |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=September 17, 2018 |date=December 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914122932/http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/12/15/who-plays-video-games-and-identifies-as-a-gamer/ |archive-date=2018-09-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> Usage of the term "girl gamer" is controversial. Some critics have advocated use of the label as a [[reappropriation|reappropriated term]], while others see it as non-descriptive or perpetuating the minority position of female gamers. Some critics of the term believe there is no singular definition of a female gamer and that they are as diverse as any other group. However it is generally understood that the term "girl gamer" implies that it is a girl who plays video games.<ref name="Heather Barefoot">{{cite web | url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/10699-In-Defense-of-the-Casual-Gamer | title=In Defense of the Casual Gamer | publisher=Escapist magazine | date=October 30, 2013 | access-date=March 9, 2014 | author=Heather Barefoot | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307122907/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/10699-In-Defense-of-the-Casual-Gamer | archive-date=2014-03-07 | url-status=live }}</ref>