Comfort withcross gender characters based on your gender

bubbalin · May 10, 2005

Okay, I'm trying again...

Inspired by the other thread going on, I was wondering if a persons comfort with cross gender characters is related to their gender...

So, please vote on the one that lists your gender and your comfort level.

edit: tidied it up.

WayneLigon · May 10, 2005

I am male. Other players, be they male or female, are welcome to play whatever gender character they wish: I'm totally comfortable with it as long as they behave.

ShadeMoon64 · May 10, 2005

I have had players work with cross gender characters for years. It has been my experience that more males play females than the reverse. This may just bea function of the demographics of my players.

Ryltar · May 10, 2005

As long as they RP well, I don't see a problem.

Vanuslux · May 10, 2005

I'm male and rather indifferent to it for the most part...but it has been my experience that a lot of people who play the opposite gender frequently are often problem players...attention mongers and troublemakers.

Teflon Billy · May 10, 2005

Vanuslux said:
I'm male and rather indifferent to it for the most part...but it has been my experience that a lot of people who play the opposite gender frequently are often problem players...attention mongers and troublemakers.

There's my answer as well.

Rystil Arden · May 10, 2005

Teflon Billy said:
There's my answer as well.

How sad

I wouldn't classify myself as any of those things that Vanuslux and TB have seen. On average, I seem to make *less* trouble when playing a female character...although I have recently made a male character who worked well that I liked. Making a female character helps me to make a new person who is fully thought out and actualised, whereas all-too-often my experience in being a male gets in the way when playing male characters...

somekindofjerk · May 10, 2005

Don't care either way really. It's the other player's business and not mine. OTOH, if the crossgender char starts causing a scene in every encounter, strutting about shouting "look how stereotypically X I am!" or is obiviously venting some angst against the other sex through their character, then we've got a problem.

TheAuldGrump · May 10, 2005

Vanuslux said:
I'm male and rather indifferent to it for the most part...but it has been my experience that a lot of people who play the opposite gender frequently are often problem players...attention mongers and troublemakers.

Heh, that hasn't been the problem, in my games they have just generally not been very good in cross gender roles. (Either way, for some reason both male and female players seem to be caricatures more than characters in cross gender roles...with only one or two exceptions)

The Auld Grump

MonsterMash · May 10, 2005

I'm not quite sure I understand the difference between indifferent and comfortable, so I voted indifferent.

Got to admit I find cross gender can be prone to sterotypical behaviour, but then again I'm comfortable playing characters as archetypes - which can be seen as sterotypical, e.g. the Gruff Dwarf fighter, the effete aristocrat, the agressive dumb barbarian.