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

[tofuinthesky.livejournal.com]

Answering your question, I'm female. Oddly enough, I know very few males that RP online. I can literally count them on one hand. Tabletop, D&D, etc. definitely have more males than females but also, I think what might be the issue is that offline, I don't necessarily hear people talking about RPing on the internet as much as they mention RPing with tabletop games. That's probably one reason that keeps that stereotype alive, along with the others that were mentioned.

Mmmm, sociology. I loved that class, but not as much as psych lol

[i-know-stuff.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I agree.

Psychology is my love too