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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 756380" data-attributes="member: 7240">You don't have to accept any of my attempts to explain the fact that it may be generally true that women are better at playing men than the reverse (over-representation of the male POV in media and literature, training of women to focus on social relationships and the motivations of others, the biologically more complex motivations of women, more psychological baggage carried by men actively seeking to play women) which are just sweeping generalizations I've come to because of my experiences.Ultimately, these generalizations are not the reason I have the house rule I do; they are simply my attempts to frame intellectually a phenomenon I have repeatedly observed -- men who want to play women being either incompetent at it, motivated by psychological issues best not explored through a recreational RPG, or both. I happily acknowledge that my experience is not universal and is at variance with the experiences, eloquently described, by other members of this online community.Nevertheless, fundamentally, I have my house rule for one reason: I make house rules to prohibit things that have a high probability of making the game less enjoyable. The men who have played women in my games have always made the game less fun. Rightly, or wrongly, I have generalized this experience and sought to explain it; but the explanatory structure I have built around it is just that -- an explanation, not the actual reason I have my rule.While modern bills of rights protect people against discrimination by the state, they also, through freedom of association and assembly, protect my right to discriminate on whatever basis I choose. I find it a little silly when people say that every time men are treated differently than women, it is "sexism." Do you have a problem with men being kept out of women's washrooms or women's organizations? Are the legislatures which gender-segregated washrooms guilty of "sexism?" Of course not.</blockquote>

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