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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6880890" data-attributes="member: 22779">Oh, there's obviously more than one reason for the demographics that we have.&nbsp; I remember one interview ((and I'm remembering right now who the interview was with - someone at WotC before Hasbro, talking about the market research they did)) talking about how D&amp;D is largely a suburbia phenomenon.&nbsp; Those in the city have other options which drops D&amp;D down the list, and those in rural areas usually lack the population numbers to make getting a group together easy.&nbsp; So, D&amp;D sells the most in suburbia.&nbsp; Which, in America, tends to be predominantly white.&nbsp; It's not a case of deliberately excluding anyone, just part of the way things shake out.&nbsp; But, that doesn't really explain why women aren't into it.&nbsp; Because if you step away from D&amp;D and into things like Vampire, you see a lot more women participating.&nbsp; And, it's not like its a geek culture thing either.&nbsp; There's all sorts of nerd pursuits where the demographics are not so lopsided.&nbsp; I mean, if you go into MMO gamers in the US, from a fairly quick Google search, the split is about 60:40. And, at the end of the day, let's be honest, harassment isn't helping the issue.&nbsp; So, when the majority of people doing the harassment belong to one group, and the majority of people not doing anything to fix the problem belong to one group, I can kinda understand the frustration behind labeling that group &quot;terrorists&quot;.&nbsp; Now, is it accurate?&nbsp; Probably not.&nbsp; It's click bait.&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; Whatever.&nbsp; I personally don't really give a toss about it.&nbsp; The point is that we need to be doing more to prevent harassment in gaming.&nbsp; Complaining about the form of the message isn't dealing with that problem.&nbsp; Complaining that the article in the OP calls you a nasty name, well, it got your attention didn't it?&nbsp; Debates over &quot;well, I'm not a terrorist&quot; is just obfuscating the issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6880890, member: 22779"] Oh, there's obviously more than one reason for the demographics that we have. I remember one interview ((and I'm remembering right now who the interview was with - someone at WotC before Hasbro, talking about the market research they did)) talking about how D&D is largely a suburbia phenomenon. Those in the city have other options which drops D&D down the list, and those in rural areas usually lack the population numbers to make getting a group together easy. So, D&D sells the most in suburbia. Which, in America, tends to be predominantly white. It's not a case of deliberately excluding anyone, just part of the way things shake out. But, that doesn't really explain why women aren't into it. Because if you step away from D&D and into things like Vampire, you see a lot more women participating. And, it's not like its a geek culture thing either. There's all sorts of nerd pursuits where the demographics are not so lopsided. I mean, if you go into MMO gamers in the US, from a fairly quick Google search, the split is about 60:40. And, at the end of the day, let's be honest, harassment isn't [i]helping[/i] the issue. So, when the majority of people doing the harassment belong to one group, and the majority of people not doing anything to fix the problem belong to one group, I can kinda understand the frustration behind labeling that group "terrorists". Now, is it accurate? Probably not. It's click bait. Sure. Whatever. I personally don't really give a toss about it. The point is that we need to be doing more to prevent harassment in gaming. Complaining about the form of the message isn't dealing with that problem. Complaining that the article in the OP calls you a nasty name, well, it got your attention didn't it? Debates over "well, I'm not a terrorist" is just obfuscating the issue. [/QUOTE]

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