Glenn Fleetwood
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I may need to turn in my man card. I know practically nothing about cars, sports, or the godfather.
Anecdotally, every woman I've ever played with has had a story where they were condescended to about the rules, under the assumption that they weren't a real gamer, with some obscure rule trivia being cited as proof. As often as not, when I answer an ad that's looking to put a new group together, if it's a mixed group then one of the men there will have this attitude toward the female player - and I've known several women who have stopped answering those ads entirely because they didn't want to deal with that behavior anymore.And there is no link at all that I know of between having that personal preference for gatekeeping in rules, and ones attitudes towards gender and gatekeeping women from gaming.
I think I'd be more afraid of someone who did know it all than someone who didn't, were I to meet one of each.Well said. The amount of gaming material and lore is *immense* - especially if you don't restrict yourself to D&D. There are so many games out there. No one can know it all.
It's not about having complexity in the rules.
It is using rules as an excuse to berate women. It's not the rules or the complexity thereof that is the problem.
Also see: Mansplaining