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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 2096824" data-attributes="member: 463"><p>Hmm - on what fusangite said, typical "Role Wimp" behaviour _seems_ more typically feminine to me, and munchkin power-gamer behaviour _seems_ more masculine to me, but I've seen examples of both from m & f.  If a woman is using D&D as a way to kick back, relax and slaughter things the way my wife plays Neverwinter Nights, then she'll seem more to the powergamer side.  If a male is using D&D to create a PC who seems like a real living breathing person with a deep inner life, then he'll seem more towards the rolewimp side.  Also female D&Ders are a minority of RPers and female RPers are a minority of females, their demographics, given that the focus of the game is violence, may well skew towards a more masculine or less feminine mindset than the societal average.  So people aren't necessarily biasing their responses when they say "I know this girl who's the biggest powergamer in the group" - I'm sure they're telling the truth.</p></blockquote><p></p>