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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Libramarian" data-source="post: 5947302" data-attributes="member: 6688858">IME, women tend to enjoy playing specifically against type more than men. There tends to be a larger personality difference between player and character when the player is a woman. Women enjoy getting their Chaotic Evil on now and again. They also tend to be flirtier and make more sexual references.Men tend to subtly punish this kind of exploratory roleplay by constantly remarking to women how manly their characters are or how different they are from their normal personality. Teasing, basically. Not even spitefully, just as a reflex.So I will agree with the OP that it's mostly a social issue. I think women are both more inclined to exploratory, against-type roleplay, AND more sensitive to conflict/judgement and interpersonal tension. So a lot of men just don't have the social skills to make women feel welcomed and comfortable enough to enjoy RPGing as much as they could.I guess what you could do is try to make it as easy as possible for women to GM and form their own groups.</blockquote>