Popular streamers get special treatment, no matter their gender. There was a streamer at E3 who was streaming from the public bathrooms, including a bunch of random people going to the bathroom on his stream (which is a crime in California). There were ~12 twitch staff members watching his stream while it was going on, and they didn't do anything about it until he turned off the stream. Meanwhile, smaller streamers that do things like have Maroon 5 playing in the background while they stream will get instantly banned for copyright infringement. Twitch is one of the worst sites I've ever seen when it comes to arbitrary enforcement of rules based on how popular the streamer is.
I keep seeing people say this, but is it true? Is there a special law in California against recording in a bathroom? To be clear, I don't see that one has an expectation of privacy outside of the stall in a public bathroom.
I don't necessarily agree with the gender bias here, I just think it's a different kind of manipulation. Watch any of the fortnite streamers and the amount of money they have coming in is insane. For what? Entertainment?
What I will say, is that the way some of the young women on twitch present themselves leaves me uncomfortable. If you visit the Just Chatting section, you'll see young women wearing next to nothing playing just dance, or doing yoga. There's no law against this, and of course SJW will argue they can wear and do what they want, but I think the general public would agree this feels a little exploitive, especially considering the general age of the Twitch population.
you say it doesn't work the other way around, but there are plenty of male streamers that dangle perks in exchange for support. 1:1 coaching sessions, allowing them to play vs. or coop with them on-stream, sending in-game gifts, signing in-game items, just to name a few.
