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<blockquote data-quote="Evilhalfling" data-source="post: 1587959" data-attributes="member: 16991">I try and run societies with reduced sexisim - this is both for my comfort and for the female player I game with.&nbsp; This has always been a sore point because sexism has been a fact for nearly all of Civ. and ignoring this element creates a problem with believable, historical socities.&nbsp; I do have expected roles for women, such as gentile noblewomen and obvious minorities in fighting professions, they tend to be inclined towards druidism, magic and some clerical orders.&nbsp; People tend to consider high str women less attractive, and somewhat uncouth.&nbsp; People outside these roles are common enough not to raise eyebrows, but unless they have proven themselves some sexism occurs.&nbsp; In a world where you can never be sure if the stranger is capable of meteor swarming the town, polietness is important. &nbsp;&nbsp; The most fun we have had with this is a player's new stepmother telling her how pretty she looked in dresses, and giving her several new ones.&nbsp; Since the PC is a very physical monk, she took it with a lot of (well Roleplayed) quiet resentment. The demi-humans are execeptions, with halflings having a matraical society run by psions and dwarves appear to be beared and brawny regardless, and consider a dwarf's sex a personal question.&nbsp; Many dwarven courtship rituals concern discovering this diplomatically.&nbsp; One player who went on to rule a dwarven kingdom (as an NPC) never more than hinted that they were female.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Evilhalfling, post: 1587959, member: 16991"] I try and run societies with reduced sexisim - this is both for my comfort and for the female player I game with. This has always been a sore point because sexism has been a fact for nearly all of Civ. and ignoring this element creates a problem with believable, historical socities. I do have expected roles for women, such as gentile noblewomen and obvious minorities in fighting professions, they tend to be inclined towards druidism, magic and some clerical orders. People tend to consider high str women less attractive, and somewhat uncouth. People outside these roles are common enough not to raise eyebrows, but unless they have proven themselves some sexism occurs. In a world where you can never be sure if the stranger is capable of meteor swarming the town, polietness is important. The most fun we have had with this is a player's new stepmother telling her how pretty she looked in dresses, and giving her several new ones. Since the PC is a very physical monk, she took it with a lot of (well Roleplayed) quiet resentment. The demi-humans are execeptions, with halflings having a matraical society run by psions and dwarves appear to be beared and brawny regardless, and consider a dwarf's sex a personal question. Many dwarven courtship rituals concern discovering this diplomatically. One player who went on to rule a dwarven kingdom (as an NPC) never more than hinted that they were female. [/QUOTE]

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