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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7783682" data-attributes="member: 6873517"><p>Before college I don't think I knew any female players but I could be wrong. This was a bit after the timeline of the survey. </p><p></p><p>In college, there were some, though definitely a minority. The two main subcultures that seemed to generate female gamers that I recall was goths and theater. </p><p></p><p>One I recall was kind of a soft goth. She was several years older than us and had a husband (grad student) and young son. Really nice to have her around, though, and she was a good influence to several of us. Eventually she and her husband split up and over the years we'd lost touch. Another gaming buddy of mine who was into Wraith LARP knew many female gamers, many of whom were both goths and into theater. He hung with us because he liked to play TTRPGs. He'd met the girlfriend he had at the time I met him and later met his wife through LARP, though we did play some TTRPGs now and again. She sells goth art for a living and I think they're mostly into reptile rescue in their free time. </p><p></p><p>Another got into RPGs through theater. She worked at the college's theater as the stage manager but when she was going through theater school, evidently gaming was pretty common. She and one of the other players started dating quite discreetly and are married with several kids all these years later. I'm Facebook friends with him as he's a fellow academic. </p><p></p><p>I played with a several other women over time. I don't directly play with any now, but in one of my old college buddies' games there are several women players, mostly wives of other players I knew from back when. None are what I'd call from specific "subcultures" that suggest geek interests per se, though many are scientists or academics because that's the circles I ran in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay Verkuilen, post: 7783682, member: 6873517"] Before college I don't think I knew any female players but I could be wrong. This was a bit after the timeline of the survey. In college, there were some, though definitely a minority. The two main subcultures that seemed to generate female gamers that I recall was goths and theater. One I recall was kind of a soft goth. She was several years older than us and had a husband (grad student) and young son. Really nice to have her around, though, and she was a good influence to several of us. Eventually she and her husband split up and over the years we'd lost touch. Another gaming buddy of mine who was into Wraith LARP knew many female gamers, many of whom were both goths and into theater. He hung with us because he liked to play TTRPGs. He'd met the girlfriend he had at the time I met him and later met his wife through LARP, though we did play some TTRPGs now and again. She sells goth art for a living and I think they're mostly into reptile rescue in their free time. Another got into RPGs through theater. She worked at the college's theater as the stage manager but when she was going through theater school, evidently gaming was pretty common. She and one of the other players started dating quite discreetly and are married with several kids all these years later. I'm Facebook friends with him as he's a fellow academic. I played with a several other women over time. I don't directly play with any now, but in one of my old college buddies' games there are several women players, mostly wives of other players I knew from back when. None are what I'd call from specific "subcultures" that suggest geek interests per se, though many are scientists or academics because that's the circles I ran in. [/QUOTE]
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