Sexism related poll

[lutecius]

My campaign is somewhat of a compromise -- baseline is patriarchial, with male primogeniture assumed for example as part of the faux Western European medieval-ish setting, but there are plenty of female warriors, etc.

My campaign is the opposite. Men and women have comparable access to positions of power but most cultures have defined gender roles.
Female warriors are unusual even though some excel in combat. Likewise, male sorcerers are less common than sorceresses and magic is considered unmanly in some places. Of course, this doesn't apply to adventurers (who are unconventional by nature) and has no mechanical impact.

Similar for me, but there have been some PG-13 scenes. One of the male players does like to hit on female NPCs pretty often, but usually either nothing happens 'cause they're not interested (ah, realism!) or we jump cut to after wards and I let people assume what happened.

Sexuality tends to be more explicit (and less vanilla) in our games but we don't dwell on it too much either and above all, we don't use 1st person.

So it's "Lothar the Bard & Darr the Barbarian *** the tavern wench *** and *** with *** while Crystara the Paladin is at the temple" ,

not:
player1: we would like to *** you ***, tavern wench.
player2: and *** too!
dm (with a falsetto voice): with *** ?
player3 rolls eyes

Believe me or not, the former is less creepy

 

[mhacdebhandia]

I chose these:

IMC, the setting is primarily matriarchial or gender neutral
The players are mostly female
Female players have played female characters
IMC, there are gay NPCs
In my group there are gay players
IMC, romance is G rated (appropriate for all ages)
My campaign is more wahoo (kewl dragonborn) than traditional fantasy (fairies and centaurs)
IMC, there are significant recurring NPCs and settings

My campaign is not about traditional fantasy - it's more Chinese or Roman in its political setup and world aesthetic than Tolkienesque or fairytale. The setting uses the assumptions of Fourth Edition D&D, which does not include any social or mechanical distinctions between genders, so it's gender-neutral - who's in power is not a function of their gender.

Most of my players are women - aside from myself, there is one other man, and four women, including my wife. My wife is bisexual, so I counted that as "gay players". Everyone is currently playing a PC matching their real-life gender.

Romance is not a big feature of my game, nor do I wish it were, so it's G-rated but inclusive: if I do have couples or love interests showing up, they'll be mixed between heterosexual and homosexual relationships. Probably polyamorous relationships too if the occasion arises.

I'm running a published adventure series (the Scales of War adventure path) modified a little to fit my world's aesthetic. Therefore there are significant NPCs and locations. I didn't choose either "lots of roleplaying" or "dungeon crawl 24/7" because, while it's a dungeon crawl now, there will be plenty of social challenge later.

 

[Wepwawet]

I'm playing now on an all gay, all male group

It's funny, especially the fairy gnome feylock "Twinkle", which is extremely camp. And it's the first time I play with other gay guys.

Edit: About sexuality in D&D:
I once DM'ed a campaign about a feminist conspiracy to rule the world, and the players went to the castle of the BBEW to receive their reward (it wasn't yet the BBEW). The castle was full of women eager to thank them, so... they got "lucky".
I did plan that moment to happen, but when we got there it was awkward. I just said "all right, you all get lucky" and moved on

 

[WhatGravitas]

...what exactly is "wahoo"? Does it include "weird"/"off-beat" (like Barker, Mieville, Gaiman)?

Cheers, LT.

 

[Dice4Hire]

I really think it is time to put this topic to rest. It is not about D&D at all, instead it is about sexism and other real-world issues thinly disguised by D&D.

 

[Desdichado]

Oh np, I gotcha. I just was meaning that there was more then just asexual missing. I think you are hitting on the biggest ones (largest populations and all that) and as you said the ones that this thread is related too so best to focus on that.

You yourself said that the numbers there are vanishingly small to the point of statistical insignifigance for purposes of this poll.

Asexuality, on the other hand, is not. I'd venture to say that more than 9 out of 10 PCs I've seen are effectively asexual.

Also; I don't know what some of these questions have to do with sexism. Are we suggesting that traditional fantasy vs. wahoo is discriminatory towards one sex for some reason or other?!

 

[Crothian]

Also; I don't know what some of these questions have to do with sexism. Are we suggesting that traditional fantasy vs. wahoo is discriminatory towards one sex for some reason or other?!

It might be an attempt to show a correlation between sexism and the type of fantasy games people play.

 

[MrApothecary]

Back when I was in Middle School my groups consisted of all boys.

My more recent groups have been fifty/fifty. Gender is not an issue for us at all, and the idea that D&D is a "man's game" is met with scorn. We have come to the consensus that it is far easier for someone to roleplay a human of the opposite gender than an elf of the same gender. We place no restrictions on opposite gender PCs.

There has been one time where a DM has forbidden opposite gender roleplaying. The player jokingly "discovered" she was a transsexual so she could play a man. From that point on, no DM in our group could even try to ban it without succumbing to laughter.

My campaign is primarily the Forgotten Realms or Eberron, both of which are fairly egalitarian. My campaign worlds are fairly egalitarian.

Romances are almost always among NPCs, and are PG-13.

We rarely have openly gay or lesbian NPCs or PCs, despite that fact that I and another are bisexual, and there is also a lesbian.

 

[Dragonbait]

My group varies, but currently consists of all males. Most characters have families that offer more than just victims to be saved. In fact, in my current campaign the character's families are VERY important and provide resources, information, aid, a place to stay, blah blah blah. Romance is talked about, but rarely ever delved into. Sec is acknowledged, but never in detail. PG-13? All male players play male characters. There have been many examples of past "gender bending". It seems to only irritate one particular player who also claims to be the most liberal. Sexual preference rarely comes into play, but there have been homosexual and bisexual PCs and NPCs. I've never seen it affect the game. We play 4E. I'm running the FR, so the world is Patriarchal for the most part.

*shrug*

 

[haakon1]

I've occasionally GM'd NPCs IMC I thought were gay, but never openly so.

Me too, though one of the princes of the realm (who the PC's heard about and were procurring a bride for through diplomatic negotiation) was known to be gay.

A more common example would be an NPC the PC's recently met. He's a merchant, and they just encountered him at the pub with another male he called his partner -- who is both his business partner and life partner. I'm not sure if the players picked up on that, or care . . .

An interesting example of this is in the classic Village of Hommlett. Gygax said here that the two retired adventurers in the tower were clearly, in his mind, a gay couple. Never even occured to me to wonder if they were when I played it in the 1980s, or again in the computer game . . .