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<blockquote data-quote="Kamaloo" data-source="post: 5947682" data-attributes="member: 32679"><p>Perhaps you would care to explain how those positions I mentioned (that is, positions explaining how objectifying women is perfectly all right) are entitled to the benefit of the doubt? Would you offer them the benefit of the doubt if they were, say, arguing that slavery is all right for those same reasons? Because I'll be blunt myself: I see no argument that can reasonably be made in favor of such a thing. Tolerance of opposing viewpoints is good and well, but tolerance of sexism, like racism, is a bad idea.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If 'that product' happens to be the entire hobby, as was MY point, then you are essentially telling me not to buy any RPGs. I await any and all explanations of how this is reasonable and fine.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm sorry you seem to be running into such a low class of gamer, and that you seem willing to pass judgement on gamers as a whole because of them. I'm not sure what it has to do with any of my points, however. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm sorry you had a bad experience with women gamers at your table (again with the low end of the spectrum? Where are you finding these people?), but your experiences are no more representative of the entire population than mine are. The difference is that my experiences seem to have been shared by a large section of the female gaming pool.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying that gender "contributes" somehow to individual games. I don't think being female contributes any more than being male does. I'm saying it would be nice if half the population of the planet felt more welcome in playing these games. It would be of economic benefit to the sellers, it would be a relief to women who do want to play, and it would represent a drop in sexist attitutes that are pervasive in our society.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kamaloo, post: 5947682, member: 32679"] Perhaps you would care to explain how those positions I mentioned (that is, positions explaining how objectifying women is perfectly all right) are entitled to the benefit of the doubt? Would you offer them the benefit of the doubt if they were, say, arguing that slavery is all right for those same reasons? Because I'll be blunt myself: I see no argument that can reasonably be made in favor of such a thing. Tolerance of opposing viewpoints is good and well, but tolerance of sexism, like racism, is a bad idea. If 'that product' happens to be the entire hobby, as was MY point, then you are essentially telling me not to buy any RPGs. I await any and all explanations of how this is reasonable and fine. I'm sorry you seem to be running into such a low class of gamer, and that you seem willing to pass judgement on gamers as a whole because of them. I'm not sure what it has to do with any of my points, however. I'm sorry you had a bad experience with women gamers at your table (again with the low end of the spectrum? Where are you finding these people?), but your experiences are no more representative of the entire population than mine are. The difference is that my experiences seem to have been shared by a large section of the female gaming pool. I'm not saying that gender "contributes" somehow to individual games. I don't think being female contributes any more than being male does. I'm saying it would be nice if half the population of the planet felt more welcome in playing these games. It would be of economic benefit to the sellers, it would be a relief to women who do want to play, and it would represent a drop in sexist attitutes that are pervasive in our society. [/QUOTE]
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