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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Delemental" data-source="post: 1094288" data-attributes="member: 5203">I think this would definitely be one way to go.  However, I've played the "angry at the world" character before, and I didn't want to go that route.  I wanted to play more the "repressed person breaking out of the shell" type.I think that the reaction you describe would be more common in males than females, however.  Granted, this isn't an absolute, but in general males will focus such feelings outward and blame others for their misfortune, while females focus inward and blame themselves.  This is an observation based on work experience with the mentally ill - admittedly a skewed sample of human behavior, but reflective of a more general trend in human society I think.Maybe part of the problem that arises when playing a cross-gender character isn't so much a lack of understanding of the opposite gender, but a lack of understanding of historical gender roles.  After all, the psychology of a modern woman is very different from that of a Middle Ages era woman.  Heck, let's not forget that we aren't even technically discussing Middle Ages women - we're discussing magical fantasy women, which ends up being sort of a weird mix of modern and medieval.Think about it - you've still got classic medieval societal traits (barter economy, feudal systems, hereditary monarchies, rigid class system), combined with things like readily available birth control (at least in FR), examples of women in high authority or performing high-risk work (such as adventuring), and the balancing factor of magic (which does not discriminate by gender on who can become really powerful).  Let's not neglect the possible effects of a polytheistic religion which includes both male and female figures.So, anyone want to attempt a sociological study of gender roles in Faerun?   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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