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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1735085" data-attributes="member: 151">Possibly because at the video store or restaurant, the male-to-female ratio is generally much more even, perhaps?&nbsp; Moreover, it's a much more socially normalized situation, I think.&nbsp; Everyone has eaten at a restaurant at some point, and the social contract is pretty straightforward and well-known.&nbsp; In a gaming store (and to a lesser degree, comic store) it sometimes appears like neither potential customer nor employee fully grasp the implied contract when a woman or girl enters the place.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I agree.&nbsp; It's a potential mixed-bag.&nbsp; One way that my mother handled my getting into D&amp;D was by letting us hold the games at my house, and she watched them.&nbsp; When you actually see people playing, it seems much less mystical and threatening than what you might concieve of in a mental fantasy of it.&nbsp; On the other hand, I've long held that Role-playing is not a spectator sport, for the exact same reason.&nbsp; The minutiae of gameplay can be terribly tedious if you'r not involved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1735085, member: 151"] Possibly because at the video store or restaurant, the male-to-female ratio is generally much more even, perhaps? Moreover, it's a much more socially normalized situation, I think. Everyone has eaten at a restaurant at some point, and the social contract is pretty straightforward and well-known. In a gaming store (and to a lesser degree, comic store) it sometimes appears like neither potential customer nor employee fully grasp the implied contract when a woman or girl enters the place. I agree. It's a potential mixed-bag. One way that my mother handled my getting into D&D was by letting us hold the games at my house, and she [i]watched[/i] them. When you actually see people playing, it seems [i]much less[/i] mystical and threatening than what you might concieve of in a mental fantasy of it. On the other hand, I've long held that Role-playing is [b]not[/b] a spectator sport, for the exact same reason. The minutiae of gameplay can be terribly tedious if you'r not involved. [/QUOTE]

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