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<blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 7183688" data-attributes="member: 82779">Max, subconscious bias is a real thing and people can behave in sexist and/or racist ways without realizing it, just as people can cut others off in traffic without realizing it.&nbsp; A lack of intent speaks only to a lack of malice on the part of the actor.&nbsp; I have already said that I don't believe the original creators intended to be sexist when they implemented the female Str cap (but then, I never knew them personally or corresponded with them, so I may be wrong about that).&nbsp; However, pretending that the limits of reality should pertain only to female PCs, along with a lot of art that shows women as scantily-clad sorceresses or slave-girls, sends a very clear message to women who might be interested in the game.Also, in my experience, the cap on female PC strength affected very few male players.&nbsp; Usually, male players make male PCs and are only affected by the Str cap if their sex is changed by a cursed item. Now, there are several reasons that male players typically make male PCs.&nbsp; But, you can bet that one of them is a male player making a fighter character doesn't want to deal with the Str cap.&nbsp; Other reasons frequently include things like other players ridiculing them if they play a female PC; I have seen so many idiot players (virtually all of them male, by the way) make comments like &quot;are you gay?&quot; to a male player of a female PC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MechaPilot, post: 7183688, member: 82779"] Max, subconscious bias is a real thing and people can behave in sexist and/or racist ways without realizing it, just as people can cut others off in traffic without realizing it. A lack of intent speaks only to a lack of malice on the part of the actor. I have already said that I don't believe the original creators intended to be sexist when they implemented the female Str cap (but then, I never knew them personally or corresponded with them, so I may be wrong about that). However, pretending that the limits of reality should pertain only to female PCs, along with a lot of art that shows women as scantily-clad sorceresses or slave-girls, sends a very clear message to women who might be interested in the game. Also, in my experience, the cap on female PC strength affected very few male players. Usually, male players make male PCs and are only affected by the Str cap if their sex is changed by a cursed item. Now, there are several reasons that male players typically make male PCs. But, you can bet that one of them is a male player making a fighter character doesn't want to deal with the Str cap. Other reasons frequently include things like other players ridiculing them if they play a female PC; I have seen so many idiot players (virtually all of them male, by the way) make comments like "are you gay?" to a male player of a female PC. [/QUOTE]

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