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<blockquote data-quote="Rotogar" data-source="post: 1721443" data-attributes="member: 5093"><p>Got an interesting observation on that (well, <strong>I</strong> think it's interesting!)</p><p></p><p>Signed up to play in an online group (Living Web) and created a female ranger/barbarian (I am male). Specifically avoided the "chainmail bikini" and dib my best to make her a fully realized person. Since she was a barbarian, she did look nordic. And then had one of the most interesting experiences I have ever had.</p><p></p><p>No one knew I was male. And I was treated in ways that made my head turn. Every single male PC (I have no way to know what the real life gender's were) treated my PC like she needed special assistance. They were all abnormally warm to her - even the one PC who's big personality hook was how anti-social he was. They all volunteered to stand watch with her. They took steps to protect her in combat - despite the fact she could more than hold her own. The single female PC (again, I have no way to verify the player's gender) was immediately cold towards my PC. Even though she was a magic user and my PCwas not and there were no overlapping areas of expertise, she constantly competed with my PC for attention.</p><p></p><p>In the end, I couldn't really figure it out. I wasn't sure if I had done something to send an impression I really wasn't aiming for? Or was this a poor group response following along traditional gender roles? I played a few stories with different groups and found this to be the norm rather than the extreme. I got busy with other things and wasn't able to play much, so I dropped out but it still intrigues me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rotogar, post: 1721443, member: 5093"] Got an interesting observation on that (well, [B]I[/B] think it's interesting!) Signed up to play in an online group (Living Web) and created a female ranger/barbarian (I am male). Specifically avoided the "chainmail bikini" and dib my best to make her a fully realized person. Since she was a barbarian, she did look nordic. And then had one of the most interesting experiences I have ever had. No one knew I was male. And I was treated in ways that made my head turn. Every single male PC (I have no way to know what the real life gender's were) treated my PC like she needed special assistance. They were all abnormally warm to her - even the one PC who's big personality hook was how anti-social he was. They all volunteered to stand watch with her. They took steps to protect her in combat - despite the fact she could more than hold her own. The single female PC (again, I have no way to verify the player's gender) was immediately cold towards my PC. Even though she was a magic user and my PCwas not and there were no overlapping areas of expertise, she constantly competed with my PC for attention. In the end, I couldn't really figure it out. I wasn't sure if I had done something to send an impression I really wasn't aiming for? Or was this a poor group response following along traditional gender roles? I played a few stories with different groups and found this to be the norm rather than the extreme. I got busy with other things and wasn't able to play much, so I dropped out but it still intrigues me. [/QUOTE]
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