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

[crossshapedscar.livejournal.com]

Female!

And just from personal experience I've found that most table-top RPers I know are male, but most LJ RPers I know are female. I think it has a lot to do with the emphasis put on either end. On the rare occasion I HAVE attempted table top it's focused mostly on actions and cut out rules (i.e. how many points do you have to roll for your blow to kill the big scary monster), but all the LJ RPGs I've been in focus instead on character interactions and emotional development and cut and dry rules weren't so much a factor.

I have to laugh because I actually had a discussion like this with my ex, who did table top RP. He couldn't grasp the point of my game because it wasn't based around the rules he was used to. He kept asking if there were ways to figure out a character's strength and the probability of winning a battle. :/ I mean... we know our characters. We can figure it out. We don't need a DI to tell us. *snort*

8D I'll be quiet now. Good luck with your papers!

[i-know-stuff.livejournal.com]

The conversation with your ex sounds like a perfect example of the difference of genders in the view of certain psychological groups. Males tend to like structure females tend to like depth.

Thank you!

*too lazy to switch accounts*

[humaneternally.livejournal.com]

No prob!