[Asrathiel]

Originally Posted by ZiggyD

As for your mention about the lack of girls in gaming I actually did some research on that. It stems from a perceived lack of fit. Obviously that lack of fit is reinforced by the normalization of offensive language/behaviour.

Oh, totally. It starts when girls are tiny and continues on... thse things are for girls, these things are for boys. Although it's much more accepted for girls to do 'boy things' than it is for boys to do 'girl things'. Luckily my parents didn't give a shit, and I played with He-Man toys, my little ponies, dinosaurs etc... both 'girl things' and 'boy things'. I'd be interested to find out the proportion of women who game or are involved in other traditionally male activities (female tradies, for instance) also had parents who didn't force them into gender stereotypes.

Originally Posted by kez

I hardly think this is the reason why there aren't more girls in gaming

It contributes. It can be a super unfriendly, uncomfortable environment for women to be in.

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100% agree. Girls wear pink, boys wear blue mentality. God forbid you do anything out of the norm!