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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 4762525" data-attributes="member: 15538">Why should we assume the "plays in public" crowd is representative? We already know:* Societally, role-playing is considered a masculine hobby. How would other people look at a woman playing with a group publically? Not that anyone is likely to go, "Check out that dude playing D&D, he's so cool," but if you are a woman, it's not an activity that is likely to be reinforced by others.* There are plenty of male gamers who do not think female gamers should be playing with them; some have posted on these forums. What kind of experience can they expect with the unfiltered mass of gamers in general, many of whom may not feel the need to censor this opinion?* Cons and such are already widely considered to be sausage fests. Apart from wondering whether they can relate to men who attend such events, women may have thoughts about what kind of attention they can expect.* Childcare is not an issue. This means said gamer has no children, has a babysitter, or has their spouse watching the children. The majority of women are going to get married and many are going to have children. There is no guarantee their male partner is going to volunteer to watch the kids every other roleplaying convention while they go. Given the male majority, it's a safe bet that female gamers marry younger and more often than males.* They have nothing better to do. Like, you know, go to bars and have people buy them drinks. All of those are good reasons to assume that "public gaming" is going to be more skewed than actual gaming in people's living rooms.</blockquote>

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