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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 7783765" data-attributes="member: 4534">I started gaming in the 80s, GURPS and 2nd edition AD&amp;D were the first lines I started buying with my own money, and the demographic information in White Dwarf matches my own anecdotal observations from Texas.&nbsp; I didn't observe a significant number of women interested in RPGs until after Vampire came out in 1991.&nbsp; I'm not sure it was sexism that kept women out of role playing games in the 70s and 80s.&nbsp; And please note I'm not going to argue sexism didn't exist or that girls and women didn't experience it.&nbsp; But I wonder if sexism isn't more acute among gamers today than it was nearly thirty years ago.&nbsp; As a lifelong Star Wars fan I can't recall anyone complaining that Princess Leia or Padme were Mary Sues like some do with Rey.&nbsp; When Sarah Connor was transformed from a meek victim in need of being saved to a badass survivalist nobody complained James Cameron was trying to appeal to SJWs or some other such nonsense.&nbsp; We're used to a narrative where things improve over time.&nbsp; I honestly wonder if some things are worse today than they were thirty years ago.&nbsp; Or maybe it's just easier to observe how bad it is today than it was back then.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 7783765, member: 4534"] I started gaming in the 80s, GURPS and 2nd edition AD&D were the first lines I started buying with my own money, and the demographic information in White Dwarf matches my own anecdotal observations from Texas. I didn't observe a significant number of women interested in RPGs until after Vampire came out in 1991. I'm not sure it was sexism that kept women out of role playing games in the 70s and 80s. And please note I'm not going to argue sexism didn't exist or that girls and women didn't experience it. But I wonder if sexism isn't more acute among gamers today than it was nearly thirty years ago. As a lifelong Star Wars fan I can't recall anyone complaining that Princess Leia or Padme were Mary Sues like some do with Rey. When Sarah Connor was transformed from a meek victim in need of being saved to a badass survivalist nobody complained James Cameron was trying to appeal to SJWs or some other such nonsense. We're used to a narrative where things improve over time. I honestly wonder if some things are worse today than they were thirty years ago. Or maybe it's just easier to observe how bad it is today than it was back then. [/QUOTE]

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