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<blockquote data-quote="Le Noir Faineant" data-source="post: 6204542" data-attributes="member: 30898"><p>*Unlurk.*</p><p></p><p>I think an important distinction has to be made between sexist stories, and sexist gamers.</p><p></p><p>Sexist adventure scenarios can, as a principle, serve a narrative purpose, if the party can handle it. The distinction of what is and what is not appropriate should depend on the circumstances, as with any work of fiction. </p><p></p><p>Now, sexist gamers, that's a different thing: Frankly, if there is somebody on your table who doesn't know how to treat other people with respect, start hanging out with other people.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That all said, I, as a man, feel pretty offended by the semantic booby-trap (hehe) that discussions about the topic tend to become: To generally assume that any display of male, or, for that matter, virile behavior is either a conscious or an unconscious act of sexism, is equally sexist. </p><p>Furthermore, I personally think that there are many immature women who trick themselves into thinking that they receive personal disrespect because of their gender, while they're really receiving disrespect because they behave like idiots. It's just that the idea that being the victim of a chauvinist conspiracy is endlessly more comfortable than to think that one is being held accountable for one's own actions...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Le Noir Faineant, post: 6204542, member: 30898"] *Unlurk.* I think an important distinction has to be made between sexist stories, and sexist gamers. Sexist adventure scenarios can, as a principle, serve a narrative purpose, if the party can handle it. The distinction of what is and what is not appropriate should depend on the circumstances, as with any work of fiction. Now, sexist gamers, that's a different thing: Frankly, if there is somebody on your table who doesn't know how to treat other people with respect, start hanging out with other people. That all said, I, as a man, feel pretty offended by the semantic booby-trap (hehe) that discussions about the topic tend to become: To generally assume that any display of male, or, for that matter, virile behavior is either a conscious or an unconscious act of sexism, is equally sexist. Furthermore, I personally think that there are many immature women who trick themselves into thinking that they receive personal disrespect because of their gender, while they're really receiving disrespect because they behave like idiots. It's just that the idea that being the victim of a chauvinist conspiracy is endlessly more comfortable than to think that one is being held accountable for one's own actions... [/QUOTE]
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