Men and Women Stereotypes in Games

[medea_fleecestealer]

Wouldn’t know since I don’t have any.

[sir_spanksalot]

By any, what are you referring to specifically?

[medea_fleecestealer]

Women friends.

[powbam]

[sir_spanksalot]

Every word which comes out of seth’s mouth is pure gold.

@powbam:

The sneakers Dale is rocking with that tux was a stroke of genius

[medea_fleecestealer]

And we, the guys at the forum don’t speak in our private messages about builds, skills, videos and such, we only speak about girls, boobs and how to create problems for the moderators.

DMT for example is great builder and she is offended if someone calls her “He”. At same time there are other female forum members but I am confident that majority and probably more than 90% of active forum members are male. That’s not helping to break the stereotypes, Medea

Don’t blame her. I know most won’t know she’s female, but if I don’t know someone’s gender I try and stick with neutral gender by saying they rather than he/she.

No it doesn’t help break stereotypes, but I can always hope to whittle it down a little.

[sir_spanksalot]

No it doesn’t help break stereotypes, but I can always hope to whittle it down a little.

I respect that…mate

I just wonder if its selectiv/gender-biased

That article linked at the beginning is the oddest thing. Of all gaming communities i’ve been a part of 85-90% are open males.

I think women just aren’t as vocal as men - and I’m not calling them weak. But society does encourage women to be more docile/submissive, and men to be more aggressive.

Also, I don’t think women are as into this theorycrafting stuff as guys are. Can’t remember the details of the psychology article I read this in.

[banana_peel]

That article linked at the beginning is the oddest thing. Of all gaming communities i’ve been a part of 85-90% are open males. Either i’ve an extraordinary sample on my hands, or 40% of communities members are professional actors. Of course, there could be smth up with the article…

[Zantai]

While I have no doubts that there are many female PC gamers, statistics show that there is an uneven distribution when it comes to genre.

Story-heavy RPGs (ex. Dragon Age), for example, have been shown to lean very heavily towards the female audience. I imagine shooters such as Battlefield or Call of Duty are more male leaning, probably in no small part due to the behavior those male players engage in when they discover a player is female.

[x1x1x1x2]

He-man

Wanted to chime in with the discussion but I don’t think I wanna reply to something at the top of the thread and find out maybe the discussion is already different at the bottom. So enjoy some he man I guess.

[sir_spanksalot]

@x1x1x1x2 - I love that throwback

[powbam]

but if I don’t know someone’s gender I try and stick with neutral gender by saying they rather than he/she.

Not me. I’m old-school. If I haven’t received any cues hinting otherwise I’ll just barge right in and assume male.

I figure if I’m wrong and they care, they’ll let me know

[sir_spanksalot]

I use “he” because “they” makes my eye twitch when I need to refer to said individual in the singular

[x1x1x1x2]

I use “he” because “they” makes my eye twitch when I need to refer to said individual in the singular

And for me because that’s the kind of english I was thought when I was a kid and when I learned that I should use neutral pronouns it became awkward.

[sir_spanksalot]

Have you lot heard of Jordan Peterson?

[Boromonokli]

I heard he’s weak to thermal damage and drills.

[x1x1x1x2]

I haven’t but google did.

[Knjoka]

He checked himself into rehab recently

[sir_spanksalot]

^Worth a watch. Phenomenal.

@Knjoka: I’ve heard. I feel for him.

[powbam]

^Worth a watch. Phenomenal.

Today’s society of crybabies is no match for Peterson’s logic. I’ve never seen one yet that could do anything but blubber nonsense in retort.