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<blockquote data-quote="NLP" data-source="post: 118754" data-attributes="member: 520">Have you looked at many Conan covers? How many bare-chested men are on the cover of romance novels? There is no double standard at work here. In advertising you cater to your fanbase. That means for RPGs it's primarily male. I don't know the statistics, but I'd guess that 80% of the RPG market is male. This is no different than romance novels catering to its 90%+ female customer base. Go to Europe and you will see nudity on public television (the first nudity I can remember seeing was Benny Hill reruns on PBS), you'll see it in the newspapers (page 3 girls), it's even on the beaches (damn those topless beaches!). We Americans are just very uptight about nudity (especially in the heartlands). The best thing to remember is that a line drawing of a topless woman is not going to turn a 10 year old into a rapist or abusive male any more than saying that playing D&amp;D will make you a devil worshipper or start planning a Columbine assault.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NLP, post: 118754, member: 520"] Have you looked at many Conan covers? How many bare-chested men are on the cover of romance novels? There is no double standard at work here. In advertising you cater to your fanbase. That means for RPGs it's primarily male. I don't know the statistics, but I'd guess that 80% of the RPG market is male. This is no different than romance novels catering to its 90%+ female customer base. Go to Europe and you will see nudity on public television (the first nudity I can remember seeing was Benny Hill reruns on PBS), you'll see it in the newspapers (page 3 girls), it's even on the beaches (damn those topless beaches!). We Americans are just very uptight about nudity (especially in the heartlands). The best thing to remember is that a line drawing of a topless woman is not going to turn a 10 year old into a rapist or abusive male any more than saying that playing D&D will make you a devil worshipper or start planning a Columbine assault. [/QUOTE]

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