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<blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 946446" data-attributes="member: 7240">Buttercup, I basically agree with all of your comments. I have only been in one game in the past 13 years that was not a mixed gender game. I, too, have no nasty incidents to report from this experience. Indeed, women usually have a civilizing effect on the general gaming dynamic. The only time I was in a group which turned down a female player, it was a highly uncivilized group that wanted to stay uncivilized in the raucous, bawdy, substance-impaired way we'd been playing. I think the GM wished to include a female player so that we might sharpen up to the point where we could reliably follow his plots. However, I really see this case as exceptional. Most importantly, I really want to agree with Buttercup that it seems, frankly, insane to not want a significant other who shares one's passions. A certain degree of self-loathing seems to be reflected in people viewing a shared interest in gaming as making a potential partner less attractive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fusangite, post: 946446, member: 7240"] Buttercup, I basically agree with all of your comments. I have only been in one game in the past 13 years that was not a mixed gender game. I, too, have no nasty incidents to report from this experience. Indeed, women usually have a civilizing effect on the general gaming dynamic. The only time I was in a group which turned down a female player, it was a highly uncivilized group that wanted to stay uncivilized in the raucous, bawdy, substance-impaired way we'd been playing. I think the GM wished to include a female player so that we might sharpen up to the point where we could reliably follow his plots. However, I really see this case as exceptional. Most importantly, I really want to agree with Buttercup that it seems, frankly, insane to not want a significant other who shares one's passions. A certain degree of self-loathing seems to be reflected in people viewing a shared interest in gaming as making a potential partner [i]less[/i] attractive. [/QUOTE]

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