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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amal Shukup" data-source="post: 2088213" data-attributes="member: 6291">1. Three2. Before 3rd Edition: 0%. Post 3rd Edition: @25%+  3. TENDENCY (mild) towards strory narrative/roleplaying over 'Orc/Pie'.4. Little bit. Maybe. Is it actually there or me projecting expectations? Not sure. 5. Mixed. Some positively eschew powergaming, others embrace it...6. Nope. They get the rules just fine. Less obbsessive than ME? Sure, but that's true of every guy I play with too <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />7. Additional points of view is a good thing...8. The subject of a thesis, this question. Couple of factors IMHO: Boys are perhaps more (Nature vs Nurture? Who knows? Probably both) prepared to form/act in groups to face challenges (this behavior is seen EVERYWHERE - sports, business, the armed forces). Take a group of young boys, and have them organize and play a baseball game amongst themselves (picking teams, establishing positions, adjudicate play/resolve disputes etc.). Now try the same thing with a group of young girls...  Illuminating, that is...Young males suffer substantial alienation and feelings of inadequacy(this is controversial and I shouldn't get into it, but yes, young girls suffer these things too and it results in all sorts of well-popularized forms of self destructive behavior. However, look at the stats on youth suicide to see the relative severity. Please do avoid the carefully promoted perception that females are 'more prone' to suicide because they REPORT having 'thought about', 'planned' or 'attempted' suicide more often - they do so report. Of course, they're only asking the kids that are still alive: 86% of suicide deaths are boys. A bullet to the head is not a 'cry for help', and no help is coming anyway kid. Grrr. <Climbs down off hobby horse> Anyway, not all behavior resulting from negative stress is neccesarily bad - gathering in groups to self actualize through fantasy is a positive reaction to feelings of alienation (and a typically male response to stress).  My gut impression is that this is becoming less of a factor (selecting for male RPG players) as D&D becomes less marginalized and gaming in general becomes more mainstream. 9. Perhaps. How much of this is intrinsic and how much is a spin off of Anne Rice is an open question <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> The tendency to resolve conflict through social interaction seems to be there... 10. I suspect certain systems are less conducive (weight of the mechanics primarily) but there are no absolutes.11. Yes. Also know male players like this. Why? Because they're (either sex) a) not smart, b) not engaged. In my group they know the rules just fine. One of the ladies has started DMing recently and is doing FINE (much better than my first swing at it back in the day. I console myself that the ruleset and supporting info is much better today... 12. See Answer #213. I have not seen this tendency in our group. I did meet a girlfriend through gaming once, but her presence was coincidental - and she kept playing after we broke up (amicably).14. Not from the gaming...15. Don't think so. Actually, in our group, the only 'problem' players in that sense were male...16. Doubt it.17. I have not really noticed a trend.Amal</blockquote>

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