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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6382932">When running a game, I sometimes set up sexist or racist/speciest societies.  They're a natural feature of a pseudo-medieval fantasy setting, especially when it's written into the lore that certain species are explicitly xenophobic.  When I do set up these systems, your character WILL get noticed on any characteristic that is relevant to the society.  So if you're in Machoville where women are second class, if you're female expect to be treated like you're second class.  If you're in Humanland then expect non-humans to get treated poorly.  Having perfectly egalitarian fantasy worlds that are not particularly culturally, socially or technologically advanced always strikes me as a bit too much for my disbelief.When I play characters, I play someone else.  Role-play is not an excuse for me to insert a fantasy-ized version of myself into the world, it's an attempt for me to be creative.  There's not much creative about playing myself in a fantasy world.  That said these characters aren't horrid deviations from who I am, as everyone puts a little of themselves into their characters.  And as above, I expect my characters to get noticed when it is relevant to the game.  I don't want people pointing out that I'm a chick just to make it clear that I'm a chick.  I'm well aware that I am playing a woman.  However, when I play different sexes, except for when I'm playing a character whose gender plays a particularly important role in who they are, I treat all my characters like "people". (cue Spock "I find that comment, insulting.")  That is I don't make an issue about them being female or treat them differently because they're an elf.  Each character is their own character but unless there's a particular reason for it, their sex plays only a minor role in who they are.I don't think how "female" one gets treated should be based on the needs of the gameworld and the desires of the player.  If you're in a highly sexually-divided society, that obviously brings it up more.  If your character is particularly feminine, then that brings it up more too.  But outside of that I think people should be regarded in a generally neutral manner.</blockquote>

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