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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 6865565" data-attributes="member: 23">Thank you [MENTION=177]Umbran[/MENTION]So... what can we do, as individual gamers?&nbsp; Well... I know this part:1:&nbsp; don't be a creep/harasser/rapist2:&nbsp; Try to let go of sexist ideas, and specifically the notion that RPGs is a &quot;guy thing&quot;.&nbsp; When I was young I just assumed that RPGs were a guy thing, same way GI-JOEs were a guy things and dolls a girl thing.&nbsp; (And yes, GI-JOEs *are* little dolls...).&nbsp; There is absolutely no reason why women shouldn't be about 50% of pen and paper RPG gamers.&nbsp; None.3:&nbsp; Listen to women.&nbsp; If a woman tells you &quot;I feel this art is demeaning&quot; don't argue with her.&nbsp; If you don't get it, ask her why (and TONE of voice is important here people).&nbsp;&nbsp; As a white guy, I don't get to decide if using the N word is offensive, and I don't get to decide if a piece of art is offensive to women.&nbsp;&nbsp; And if a woman tells you she's been harassed or worse, for the love of god do something. 4:&nbsp; If another guy does or says something creepy, call them out on it, EVEN if there are no women present.&nbsp; When a rapist makes a rape joke around other guys, he's gauging the audience.&nbsp; But appart from that... I don't know?&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 6865565, member: 23"] Thank you [MENTION=177]Umbran[/MENTION] So... what can we do, as individual gamers? Well... I know this part: 1: don't be a creep/harasser/rapist 2: Try to let go of sexist ideas, and specifically the notion that RPGs is a "guy thing". When I was young I just assumed that RPGs were a guy thing, same way GI-JOEs were a guy things and dolls a girl thing. (And yes, GI-JOEs *are* little dolls...). There is absolutely no reason why women shouldn't be about 50% of pen and paper RPG gamers. None. 3: Listen to women. If a woman tells you "I feel this art is demeaning" don't argue with her. If you don't get it, ask her why (and TONE of voice is important here people). As a white guy, I don't get to decide if using the N word is offensive, and I don't get to decide if a piece of art is offensive to women. And if a woman tells you she's been harassed or worse, for the love of god do something. 4: If another guy does or says something creepy, call them out on it, EVEN if there are no women present. When a rapist makes a rape joke around other guys, he's gauging the audience. But appart from that... I don't know? :( [/QUOTE]

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