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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Smoss" data-source="post: 5274298" data-attributes="member: 82115">1. Have you or are you willing to (AYWT) make a distinction between  the positive portrayal of women in games/ gaming and sexist portrayals?My female gamers and I often talk about the stereotypes.  Usually making fun of them.  For my games I have my own setting and work towards a real feel.  Sometimes it means someone (NPC) is a sexist pig.  Sometimes it means finding prostitutes in the area.  We explore mature themes but we don't really make distinctions.2. Have you or AYWT accept that the consistent use of pictures of bikini-clad women strolling through snowfields alongside rug-wrapped barbarian men is potentially discouraging for some female gamers?Many of my female gamers roll their eyes at that crap.  We have fun pointing out art in some books where the women are actually in realistic proportions.  Usually in great (if fake) shock.  Considering the love for manga among some of these women, it is fun to point out the even more hugely silly proportions in some of those...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />3. Have you or AYWT go out of your way to recruit or encourage girls/ females to join a gaming group?No need.  I know a few dozen gamer girls.  I could not imagine being a recruiter anyway.  I can just imagine how things might go by asking random girls - "Ever tried roleplaying?"4. Have you or AYWT go out of your way to encourage girls/ females to join RPG communities?No need.  Pretty much if the girls want community they will find it faster than I could point it out.  Most are pretty internet savvy ya know...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />5. Have you or AYWT tell a publisher, (by email, blog or f2F), that you'd like to see more positive portrayals of women in RPGs?I'd be willing to let a publisher publish my setting and rules.  Maybe my novels too.  Then they would HAVE their strong positive females.  But that is my selfish side coming through.  Maybe they should just hire me...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />6. Have you or AYWT present youngsters with equal opportunities to get involved in RPGs?The only way I am connected to any youngsters and gaming is through various gamer friends who now have "gamer spawn".  They can raise their own kids to be gamers by themselves thank you very much.  If I end up having kids they certainly will have an equal chance.7. Have you or AYWT adapt rules, settings and gameplay to offer a mix or balance of mystery, exploration, investigation, characterisation and novelty alongside combat-focused gameplay? (Either to encourage all kids equally or females).I created my own RPG system for the sole purpose of fitting my gaming style.  It just so happens that females tend to prefer my style as a generalization.  But certainly everyone is different.  Nearly all rulesets can attract women depending on their particular tastes.8. Have you or AYWT adjust your RPG purchasing habits to at least limit sexist content/ contexts?I rarely buy systems (3e, SW Saga, and Shadowrun 4 were it for me) and all of those were fairly equal (minus the atrocious 3e art in certain cases).  But really I bought games for the system.  I can not imagine buying any new systems in the future.  I like my own too much and nothing else has come close to meeting what *I* want.9. Have you or AYWT actively discourage obvious and persistent sexism at your game table, e.g. don't laugh along with the jokes/ speak up if a female player appears uncomfortable with some of what's being said?I would imagine so, but I don't expect that to be a problem.  People like that don't play at our tables - At least not for long.  The women will kill them with their own hands.  Don't mess with gamer gals.  Especially the ones I know and game with.  They know martial arts or are sharpshooters or otherwise deadly in their own rights.  They don't need me to protect them and would probably roll their eyes at me if I tried.----------------------Smosshttp://sites.google.com/site/doulairen/</blockquote>

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