Question

[i-know-stuff.livejournal.com]

‘Ello Poly~ I’m currently in sociology in college and we need to write a few small papers for extra credit points. One of the subjects mentioned were gender stereotypes, such as girls don’t play video games or boys don’t play with dolls, the stereotype of what society views should happen. I’d like to write about RP’ing, I’ve found that generally (at least with RL people I know) RP is thought to be a “guys” thing.

So I need some basis of statistics to go off of, so if you don’t mind can you please leave a comment with your gender?

To be clear this is optional, it’s not a huge deal as I don’t need the extra credit to pass or event get a great grade, you’re lj name will not be mentioned, your online name/real name won’t be, and where I got the info won’t be mentioned. Basically all I need is a number in real life to go off of, the number won’t event be mentioned. I just need to know which side to go with, if it’s completely absurd to think that girls don’t rp (which is what I think XD) or if it’s fairly accurate.

If you’re not comfortable with telling your gender, don’t worry about it! The last thing I want is anyone to feel uncomfortable so don’t feel like you have to!

Thanks for reading~

Comments

[icarus_suraki]

I'll play along~ I'm female.

And, just because we're all talking about it, I'd always gotten the sense that most of LJ RP and a significant portion fandom was female, but tabletop RP and a few particular fandoms were mostly male. I read a report ages ago that females like the interactive, interpersonal, communicative aspects of fandom (canon character RP, communication, discussion, fanfiction, &c), so they gravitate towards it and the internet is great for that. I should try and find that report again...on the sociology and history of fandom, basically.

[i-know-stuff.livejournal.com]

That'd be interesting if you could find it. I hadn't actually thought of the connection there but a the viewpoint in psychology (I can't recall the particular branch) that men tend to like rules/structure and women tend to like interpersonal/deeper games.

Thank you.

[icarus_suraki]

I'll see if I can find it--brb, being a librarian again |D

I saw a comment about that earlier, and it seems to fit with me. The mathematical, rule-based aspect, sure. (Now, I played D&D and Magic for years, but I liked the storytelling parts more than the mechanics of fighting.)

♥! Good luck with your paper!

[i-know-stuff.livejournal.com]

I always wanted to be a librarian, at least for a part time job T__T

I played Magic for years as well~

Thanks. I like to over-achieve so extra credit may put me over the 100% mark on my overall lol