GM's anyone ever have a Female?

[Hussar]

Hee hee.

If I hadn't of known beforehand, I certainly would not have said her first time at the plate was her first time ever running a game. That was some great stuff. I'm really looking forward to the next adventure.

 

[avin]

Just once.

My wife and her best friend joined forces and GM a Greece Themed GURPS something like 5 years ago.

 

[WhimsyTheFae]

Yes. D&D, as well as other RPGs. It was odd, because each time I knew it was my imagination playing tricks on me, but then the light of the full moon on the night of the spring equinox shown on the face of one of the female GMs and I could see that she was more than just a myth...

I then followed her to the end of the rainbow and stole her pot o'gold.

 

[beldar1215]

"anyone every have a female?" Damn that's so funny I have to go to the hospital to get my spleen reattached

I wasn't sure what he was asking at first. Thought maybe he was going for the old gamer stereotype. Then, I just laughed!!

Beldar

 

[pawsplay]

Incidentally, the term for a mature human female is a "woman."

 

[Jeff Wilder]

Incidentally, the term for a mature human female is a "woman."

Sure, and if all of our GMs had always been adults, that's probably the word we'd have used. Put another way, almost all of my GMs have been "male," but a significantly lower percentage have been "men."

 

[pawsplay]

Sure, and if all of our GMs had always been adults, that's probably the word we'd have used. Put another way, almost all of my GMs have been "male," but a significantly lower percentage have been "men."

Whereas if the word "female" is used when "woman" is accurate, it may imply that GMing is unwomanly.

 

[Jeff Wilder]

Whereas if the word "female" is used when "woman" is accurate, it may imply that GMing is unwomanly.

Only in baseball.

 

[olshanski]

If you are in doubt about whether to use "woman" or "female", just think of it this way: Female is an adjective. Woman is a noun.

A woman runs a game at a con. (correct)
A female GM runs a game at a con. (correct)

You play D&D with women.
You play D&D with female players.


It is acceptable to use female as a noun if you are speaking about animals or if you are speaking scientifically. For everyday writing, there is no need to use female as a noun.

 

[Jeff Wilder]

It is acceptable to use female as a noun if you are speaking about animals or if you are speaking scientifically.

I dunno about you, but all the chicks I know are animals.

(I honestly don't know why I'm arguing this. I hate the use (almost always by fellow nerds) of "female" as a noun instead of "woman." But I also hate the assumption that because someone references "females" instead of "women" that he or she is automatically sexist. "Female human" is awkward, yet it is a larger group than "women." I would rather someone say "female" in a conversation -- when the species is pretty much known to anybody with a brain, and "woman" is too narrow a category -- than say "female human.")