There's sort of 2 different problems here, as demonstrated by the original poster.
One is, are women and men equal in the campaign region the game is taking place?
The other is, players who jump on another player in character when they mis-state something (in their mind), as opposed to "correcting" them OOC, and just accept the what the player had meant to say. It's basically a case of player B trying to be a know-it-all about something and enforcing in through role-play. In other words, being an arse.
I had something similar a good many years ago in a newly started Paladium Robotech game. The gm brought the party together, and I refered to a female players female (and superior officer) PC as "sir." That player's PC jumped on my case as though I'd broken military regulation and that women in the military are referred to as "ma'am" and she knew because her blah..blah..blah.
The problem with her behavior was:
A. if she was right, my PC would have known that, and she should have mentally translated that to "ma'am"
B. as I recall later, I was right, all superior officers are called "sir' regardless of gender. "ma'am" is mostly accepted as a polite alternate.
C. what a stupid way to get the party together, by starting an argument over one PC's title.
Janx
One is, are women and men equal in the campaign region the game is taking place?
The other is, players who jump on another player in character when they mis-state something (in their mind), as opposed to "correcting" them OOC, and just accept the what the player had meant to say. It's basically a case of player B trying to be a know-it-all about something and enforcing in through role-play. In other words, being an arse.
I had something similar a good many years ago in a newly started Paladium Robotech game. The gm brought the party together, and I refered to a female players female (and superior officer) PC as "sir." That player's PC jumped on my case as though I'd broken military regulation and that women in the military are referred to as "ma'am" and she knew because her blah..blah..blah.
The problem with her behavior was:
A. if she was right, my PC would have known that, and she should have mentally translated that to "ma'am"
B. as I recall later, I was right, all superior officers are called "sir' regardless of gender. "ma'am" is mostly accepted as a polite alternate.
C. what a stupid way to get the party together, by starting an argument over one PC's title.
Janx
