Single women gamers

[boothbey]

Should I be afraid that you make all your plot females domineering and evil? Wonder what Freud would think of this..... Guesss now I know why you like me.

This is one of those questions that either way I answer, I'm in trouble isn't it?

 

[LostSoul]

I was using an exageration to get the idea across that men and women have different reactions to similar stimulus.

I think that is true, although much less than we are taught to believe. Society has a large part to play in this. For good or for ill.

 

[Arravis]

Oddly enough... some of the most sensible and strong characters in my games are women. Now that I think of it... I think I tend to "stereotype" the male characters alot more then the female ones.

Another thing...
I normally DM a forgotten realms campaign, and it's filled with a happy managerie of women, from strong to weak, from dim to completely brilliant... but in my Call of Cthulhu game (a setting I've not DM'd before) I seem to be having a harder time with it...

I hadn't even noticed it until you brought it up here, but as of now, I don't have any major female npc's, even though the party is comprised of 50% women. I see women as being much too sensible to be an insane cultist or being involved in many of the shinnigans that my CoC players get in, lol. I'll need to work on that...

 

[William Ronald]

LostSoul,

I have been gaming since 1980, so I have seen women enjoy gaming. I think maturity in a gaming group will put any newcomer at ease.

Dragongirl,

Personally, I always thought chainmail bikinis were silly and ineffective as armor. I enjoy role playing and consistent story lines as well.

As for the role of women NPCs, I think that depends on the culture portrayed. For example, the Celtic warrior queen Boudicca (Boadicea to the Romans) was a very effective leader. Generally, I like NPCs to have some degree of intelligence.

I do find the use of the female pronoun a little strange, as I have a Bachelor's in English. However, I suppose I can live with it, even if it seems to be a bit PC. (Pity English never developed a gender neutral pronoun.)

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

This is one of those questions that either way I answer, I'm in trouble isn't it?

Oh, yeah...

My girlfriend uses a variation.

Not answering can be bad too, though....

I still have the marks

 

[LostSoul]

Should I be afraid that you make all your plot females domineering and evil? Wonder what Freud would think of this..... Guesss now I know why you like me.

I think that a lot of us (males) do this without thinking about it. Although I almost never have female villians, female NPCs in my game are either based on me (if they are going to be romantic interests - I wonder what Freud would say about that? ), or they are nice girls or pure jezebels. I think that it is difficult for any person not to put their own subconsious thoughts onto an NPC/PC of the different sex; but, by analyzing what one does with those NPCs, you can understand more about yourself.

 

[Dragongirl]

I hadn't even noticed it until you brought it up here, but as of now, I don't have any major female npc's, even though the party is comprised of 50% women. I see women as being much to sensible to be an insane cultist or being involved in many of the shinnigans that my CoC players get in, lol. I'll need to work on that...

I can't say as I am familiar with that setting, but women can be as insane as men. Maybe you should make some NPC women that influence things more from behind the scenes than up front.

generalization Women tend to think more about what they are doing, and can be good at getting others to do their bidding without the person(s) realizing it. /generalization

 

[LostSoul]

LostSoul,

I have been gaming since 1980, so I have seen women enjoy gaming. I think maturity in a gaming group will put any newcomer at ease.

I think that's the most important thing to introduce anybody into the gaming culture. Whether they be a jock, a club kid, an adult dancer, whatever. If you treat them with respect and understand where they are coming from, nobody will feel out of place.

I think that roleplaying is a fundamental human desire. We like to fantasize about what we could be. It isn't just a male desire. I think that the reason more women don't roleplay is because they don't think it is feminine to imagine themselves fighting against fictional orcs. Which I think it totally societal. I had some great times playing with my girlfriends and sisters. (Most of my PC deaths came at the hands of my sister - I wonder what Freud would say about that? )

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

P.S.: I recommend you take a look at DrydenT posts and perhaps give that a listen... it's interesting, regardless if you agree or disagree.

Sorry if I jumped on that a bit hard.

If it's any kind of explanation, my youngest sister just had her heart broken by a philandering type, and my protective big brother gene kicked in big time.

I acknowledge that males and females have different responses to sexuality, but your earlier post made it sound like you were advocating a hormonal explanation for a range of antisocial behaviors like obsessively staring at a woman's breasts.

Again, I may have jumped the gun a bit.

As for the NPR thing, I listened to large parts of it. As a biologist, most of it is unsupportable. As a guy with a reasonably well-tuned B.S. detector (a great asset as an academic) we were listening to a bunch of people with sociopolitical agendas.

 

[Griswold]

generalization Women tend to think more about what they are doing, and can be good at getting others to do their bidding without the person(s) realizing it. /generalization [/B]

Women manipulative? nah.

G.