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Originally Posted by Shaakglith12194
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All that being said, if games had a playerbase that was mostly female, it would all be flipped around. Some dudes would play on their sex for advantage and others would just try to be good players. My current guild leader is a woman. Does a great job and I respect her.
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I have a hard time envisioning this. There are men who pull this off in real life, but it's not nearly as common, and I think it's accurate to draw a parallel between RL and MMOs in this one scenario. It simply isn't a cultural norm for women to pursue the affections of men through worldly possessions or monetary gifts. Some women do, but not enough to for the trend to be as prominent as it is in the mostly male player base.
This also brings up something that has only been hinted at indirectly in this discussion. There are women like the one you mentioned who use their sex to their advantage. But, there are also a lot of men who just compulsively throw items at women. Probably even more of the latter than the former. So far some of the women in this conversation have insisted that they refuse to take these offers, but why? Because the women who do take the offers, like any rational human being -- I'm not going to turn down free upgrades -- portray the image of exploiting their sex.
I'd also like to point out I'm not trying to white-knight this shit. This topic is simply interesting: I admit I get frustrated when I see low level female characters getting decked out by strangers. I've had one occurrence of getting hooked up by a stranger on p99. Interestingly enough, it was from a female character that I suspect to be played by an actual female.