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<blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 7175126" data-attributes="member: 82779">Do only female PCs get penalties because of their sex?&nbsp; And males don't get penalties based on the limitations of their sex?&nbsp; If so, then yes, requiring one sex to have penalties that model reality while you don't require the the other to have penalties that likewise model reality is definitionally sexist.&nbsp; I am sorry if you consider it a juvenile argument to apply the actual definition of a word to a situation that word literally describes.Also, the penalties don't get a pass just because they're modeling a society at a specific point in time where institutionalized sexism was rampant.&nbsp; Penalties designed to model a sexist society will, by virtue of what they're trying to mimic, be inherently sexist.&nbsp; Does that mean the modifiers are inappropriate to that game?&nbsp; Provided your players are informed ahead of time and buy-into playing in that particular game, probably not.&nbsp; Will you attract a large number of female players to that game?&nbsp; Again, probably not; especially if those female players prefer to play female PCs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MechaPilot, post: 7175126, member: 82779"] Do only female PCs get penalties because of their sex? And males don't get penalties based on the limitations of their sex? If so, then yes, requiring one sex to have penalties that model reality while you don't require the the other to have penalties that likewise model reality is definitionally sexist. I am sorry if you consider it a juvenile argument to apply the actual definition of a word to a situation that word literally describes. Also, the penalties don't get a pass just because they're modeling a society at a specific point in time where institutionalized sexism was rampant. Penalties designed to model a sexist society will, by virtue of what they're trying to mimic, be inherently sexist. Does that mean the modifiers are inappropriate to that game? Provided your players are informed ahead of time and buy-into playing in that particular game, probably not. Will you attract a large number of female players to that game? Again, probably not; especially if those female players prefer to play female PCs. [/QUOTE]

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