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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5946001" data-attributes="member: 9037">My issue with some of the fantasy art in RPGs is that unrealistic for the situation. It is one thing in a tropical setting or a primitive setting to have warriors of both sexes with little or no coverings. It another when you portray a wizard in an adventuring party dressed in skimpy silks while she is wading trough a swamp or in frozen tundra or in a dungeon with lots of rough rocks. Then there are the poses showing the female adventurer's butt and boobs at the same time. Who really stands that way in battle. And why are all female adventurers stacked? The same with superheros in comics. Does having big boobs make you a better adventurer. Saying that it is the same for men is reaching. Male adventurers are shown as buff and in shape well if they are warriors or wizards who go adventuring they had better be if they want to stay alive. As for what the OP wrote I don't there is a simple answer of why more woman are not in gaming. Part of it is that some woman feel that gamer culture is aimed at men. Others are worried about being labeled a geek. It may be the age of the geek but that is for males. The fact because of their earning power they can now get hot chicks. It is not quite the same for female geeks.I do know woman who were turned off by the complexity of the rules. I noticed that a lot of woman who didn't like DnD loved White Wolf. I think maybe because it focuses more on role playing then slaying. I have seen woman made very uncomfortable by the male culture surrounding gaming especially in the past when all the art was more cheesecake and you had rules making woman second class fighters with the hit to stats. You don't tend to see that as much today which is great.For some woman the only games they are exposed to is a game run that is more historical accurate and that can be a huge turn off for woman because for the most part it kind of sucked to be a female. The best way to get woman to play is to make a game that is fun for everyone and is not to complicated to play. And to show woman playing the game in ads and have good artwork. And if you have daughters teach them to play.</blockquote>

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