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

[fullferricelric.livejournal.com]

I'm a girl and I like using my MANRY icons to leave totally ♥-y comments on poly_tldr. SUCH CONTRAST

This is my first RP but I've written fan-fic for a while, and in my experience guys play more pc/console/table games while yeah, girls go for more of the narrative. Half my friends geek about manga/anime/games all the time while the other half pretend like they're not into all of the above at all NO REALLY because they're uncomfortable with the gamer stereotype. Maybe exposure to certain types of games play a role in that process, as well as how secure a person is with their self-image...

But that's cool! I'm a psych major myself. Hope your paper goes well!

[i-know-stuff.livejournal.com]

Now I really wish this was a more detailed paper. Or a paper for psychology where I could focus on individual differences instead of the -generalization- of everything.

Psych major too. Just a beginning one though.