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<blockquote data-quote="Gospog" data-source="post: 511352" data-attributes="member: 2348">Randomling,Mythago may have hit the nail on the head, and this could just be a maturity issue.From what you said, however, it may also be that becoming the GM has really drawn attention to the fact that you are a woman.&nbsp; Allow me to explain.When you were a player, this did not happen.&nbsp; You were part of the player group (the &quot;us&quot;) with the GM on the other side of the screens (the &quot;them&quot;).&nbsp; You were part of &quot;the Team&quot;.With you as the GM, you become &quot;them&quot;.&nbsp; The players are now opposite you, and may see this as an adversarial position.&nbsp; Now, not only are different for being a woman, but you are also different for being the GM.&nbsp; Thus they band together &quot;against&quot; you.&nbsp; Snide sexual comments are easier to make than &quot;GM jokes&quot;, so much so that they may not realize how carried away they are getting. Have you broached this issue with them?&nbsp; Try killing a few of thier characters, that will get thier attention.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Anyway, my wife is the only female GM I have seen run, and she rules with an iron fist, encountering none of these issues.&nbsp; So perhaps you are a little too lax on discipline?I hope you manage to sort it out.&nbsp; But then again, maybe they are just jerks?Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gospog, post: 511352, member: 2348"] Randomling, Mythago may have hit the nail on the head, and this could just be a maturity issue. From what you said, however, it may also be that becoming the GM has really drawn attention to the fact that you are a woman. Allow me to explain. When you were a player, this did not happen. You were part of the player group (the "us") with the GM on the other side of the screens (the "them"). You were part of "the Team". With you as the GM, you become "them". The players are now opposite you, and may see this as an adversarial position. Now, not only are different for being a woman, but you are also different for being the GM. Thus they band together "against" you. Snide sexual comments are easier to make than "GM jokes", so much so that they may not realize how carried away they are getting. Have you broached this issue with them? Try killing a few of thier characters, that will get thier attention. ;) Anyway, my wife is the only female GM I have seen run, and she rules with an iron fist, encountering none of these issues. So perhaps you are a little too lax on discipline? I hope you manage to sort it out. But then again, maybe they are just jerks? Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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