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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Humanophile" data-source="post: 310458" data-attributes="member: 1049">Arravis, I kind of see what you're saying, but for the purposes of this discussion it doesn't really matter.  Yes, there are lots of trends among human behavior, and oftentimes you can pick up a lot from a few little details or know what will go over better.  When you talk to a (generic) girl about your character, f'rex, talk about personality and background before cool tricks and game mechanics.  But when you want to establish something more one-on-one, you're looking for individual differences, so you can cut loose the stereotypes more or less.If your game were heavy on combat and dungeon crawling, you wouldn't look for a gamer just because she's female, you'd look for a gamer who likes kicking ass and taking names, and if that roiling ball of psychotic agression just happens to have two X chromosomes, so be it.  If you want a girl in your game, trying to make your game girl-friendly isn't the way to do it.  You approach them as prospective gamers or as friends, and if you enjoy their company in-game (out of game too if you want them around when the dice aren't rolling), game with them.  The girls in your group aren't there because you let them shop, and and you didn't bring them into your game because they like shopping.  You brought them in as friends, and if they happen to like shopping, they adapt to it.Now I agree with you that men and women do think differently, I just don't see how it matters when you can pick and chose your players.  There are girls out there who only like combat or detached, rational planning, so if that's your style of play, game it, pick up players who suit you, and while you won't have as many women as a group that lays on the background and interaction as thick as they can, it really shouldn't matter.</blockquote>

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