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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fieari" data-source="post: 1722051" data-attributes="member: 16221">On the subject of gender traits and whether they exist-- have you seen "The Spark's Gender Test"?  It's eerily accurate.  <a href="http://community.sparknotes.com/gender/" target="_blank">http://community.sparknotes.com/gender/</a>Pity you now have to get yourself a static username, no more anonymous test taking, but ah well.  It's not like it costs money.I think gender really does play a large part in very subtle dynamics.  Nothing really huge, but the way you look at the world is just different depending on whether your male or female.With regards to playing the other gender in an RPG... I find it very acceptable online, but less so face-to-face.  And it's simply a matter of what you -see-... online, you can put up a picture and tell people to associate that picture with the character being played.  In person though, you're hearing the voice, you're seeing the face of the real person.  I've seen the cross gender thing done twice in person... once by a guy playing a girl, and the other being a girl playing a guy.  It just felt strange both times.It didn't help that the girl in question was particularly... I guess feminine would be the right term to use.  Squeeling and giggling at cute things, using phrases like "Awwwww....", and all in all, found it difficult to not be a girl.  Neither did it help that she was particularly attractive, esspecially in her mannerisms.  The rest of the players and I found it way too difficult to suspend belief.I suppose it -could- be done well enough I suppose, but for me, the audio and visual of the real person incringes too much.  Suspension of belief can be hard enough as it is.</blockquote>

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