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[Vector]

How is having female characters in the same proportion as male characters "special rights."

Perhaps the bad communities have something to do with women's desire to even keep on trying with game communities in general.

[Loud Whispers]

How is having female characters in the same proportion as male characters "special rights."

Depends how it gets there. If you go around with a quota that has to be met you are creating female characters for the sake of it.

Being represented in a realistic manner is not "special rights".

That's not what I'm talking about.

[DJ]

Why do virtually all corny action movies have male protagonists? Are they not marketed to women because there's no demand, or is it that there's no demand because women can't identify with Rambo because he's played by a male actor? On the flipside, are men not into Bridget Jones books just because the protagonist is female?

But seriously, why the hell is it so awful that games about violence are mostly marketed towards men? And why is it fault of some kind of global conspiracy if women are less interested in such games? And what's up with the attitude that macho things like indiscriminate murder sprees are superior to girly things like gardening?

[Xantalos]

Why do virtually all corny action movies have male protagonists? Are they not marketed to women because there's no demand, or is it that there's no demand because women can't identify with Rambo because he's played by a male actor? On the flipside, are men not into Bridget Jones books just because the protagonist is female?

But seriously, why the hell is it so awful that games about violence are mostly marketed towards men? And why is it fault of some kind of global conspiracy if women are less interested in such games? And what's up with the attitude that macho things like indiscriminate murder sprees are superior to girly things like gardening?

I kinda want to see a female version of Rambo now.
*pops back out*

[Putnam]

Why do virtually all corny action movies have male protagonists? Are they not marketed to women because there's no demand, or is it that there's no demand because women can't identify with Rambo because he's played by a male actor? On the flipside, are men not into Bridget Jones books just because the protagonist is female?

But seriously, why the hell is it so awful that games about violence are mostly marketed towards men? And why is it fault of some kind of global conspiracy if women are less interested in such games? And what's up with the attitude that macho things like indiscriminate murder sprees are superior to girly things like gardening?

Nobody said anything about a conspiracy.

Nobody actually had that attitude.

[Max White]

*pops back out*

Look, I think it is a pretty safe bet that he isn't leaving.

[Vector]

Ah, I understand!  Folks just happen to disproportionately create male characters and place them in the lead, and that has nothing to do with special rights.  Cool!  You have me convinced.

[Loud Whispers]

And what's up with the attitude that macho things like indiscriminate murder sprees are superior to girly things like gardening?

Gardening? Girly? What?

*pops back out*

Look, I think it is a pretty safe bet that he isn't leaving.

I don't know, there's a popcorn trail...

Ah, I understand!  Folks just happen to disproportionately create male characters and place them in the lead, and that has nothing to do with special rights.  Cool!  You have me convinced.

Yep!

[Vector]

Hint: that was the 99%.

[Loud Whispers]

The what now?

[Vector]

Sarcasm.

[Putnam]

Hint: that was the 99%.

I thought it was 90%

[DJ]

Gardening? Girly? What?

I know a lot more women who play Farmville type games than I know men who do. So yeah, clearly there is some pink bows and chocolate cakes going on there to keep men out of this genre.

[Vector]

I thought it was 90%

That was also the 99.9%.

[Graknorke]

Gardening? Girly? What?

I know a lot more women who play Farmville type games than I know men who do. So yeah, clearly there is some pink bows and chocolate cakes going on there to keep men out of this genre.

On the other hand, I know lots more men than women who do actual gardening.