serversurfer
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Well, the male console gaming population is 50% larger, and the percentage of females gaming on their phone is also significantly larger than it is on console, so how would you describe it?40% is hardly "not particularly inclined."
I'm inclined to agree, but the conclusion that was presented instead was, "Platform, not gender, drives gamer differences."The conclusion "there's some statistically significant gender variance between platforms, but within a platform gender differences are insignificant" is the straightforward conclusion from the data in question.
Not to mention, inaccurate. I've never said nor implied that we should be excluding anyone at all. On the contrary, I explicitly said we shouldn't be alienating anyone. To him, no less.That's harsh.
And there's nothing shameful/reprehensible/terribad about being feminine, or "pretty," as the kids say, just as there's nothing wrong with being masculine, or "handsome." Personally, I think Japanese games actually have a fairly good approach to gender equity, because they demonstrate that being hyper-feminine doesn't prevent the girls from being just as competent and capable as the boys. Who gives a shit if their costumes are unrealistic? It's a fucking cartoon; "unrealistic" is part of the appeal. There's nothing realistic about Cloud's sword, or his hair, or Barret's gun-hand, or his manly muscles. They were pretty cool though. I think that, "Girls can be sexy and awesome," is actually a very healthy message to send. I see no reason it needs to be an either/or proposition.Interesting stuff. I can see some of this stuff already manifest in my 7 year old daughter. She isn't quite aware of sexism in games so when she sees the girls in dynasty warriors, to her, they are just pretty (and to be fair there are a number of armor wearing girls in those games). She is interested in anything I play, and I think that will translate to what she plays when she gets a bit older.
That's what I was getting at before. Some feminists seem to believe mistakenly, I hope that women can never achieve equity without erasing any perceived differences between the genders. I don't that's the only solution to the problem, or the best one. I actually find it to be quite unhealthy, because it's effectively telling them they need to change their nature before they can be considered acceptable. There's nothing wrong with being a girl, so I see no reason to turn them in to makeshift boys or otherwise attempt to "blur the lines" between the genders.