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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8497452" data-attributes="member: 82106">I don't, honestly, recall a 'growth' in misogyny in D&D. Its hard to really say though, as being a teen in the 70's was unlike today, we didn't have a ton of access to some wider society. I subscribed to The Dragon, and I don't remember anything that I then thought was hostile to women (more than just D&D's general trappings, which were somewhat sexist, sometimes more than somewhat). There was an awareness that 'gamer culture' of the day was rather male. What I remember, filtered through a vast amount of added experience, is that women would just find themselves as a curiosity in a lot of places. You would be surrounded by pictures of almost-naked fantasy women, and lots of 'horny nerds'. That probably didn't appeal to a ton of women. I recall women participating in games much more in private. Also things varied heavily. In the mid 80's there was a VERY misogynistic group in a neighboring town. Some of the people I played with associated with some of them, and a couple of their less rabid members crossed over and played with some of us. So, there was, and probably still is, all sorts of different stuff going on there. But I personally would say that the exclusiveness generally decreased steadily over time. At first D&D just appeared in a very male subculture, and then eventually women got more and more into it. Some groups stayed in the 'old days' and were all 'boys', and others didn't, or like mine started out with women in it from day one.</blockquote>

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