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Men Playing as Women

Posted by Hemos on from the gender-bending-for-the-mind dept.

A reader writes, "According to this report written by an on-site psychologist, 20% of males surveyed play female characters in computer and console games for "gender exploration" purposes. There are some pretty amazing stats cited there- check it out- Pretty hip site. "

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  1. not valid survey, but interesting discussion by cara · · Score: 5

    Only 33 surveys were completed and a few other comments were included in the findings. The researcher spends a paragraph explaining that this was very informal. Thus the results should not be taken with any weight. However, the discussion on why men play female roles is interesting.

  2. Re:What about on Slashdot? by gnarphlager · · Score: 5

    Odd. I play a troll on slashdot ;-)

    seriously though, I use this nick all over the place. Even used it for the name of my record label. And still no one knows what it means :-)

    --

    Bad things often happen to good people,
    It is up to them to see that they remain good.
  3. "Gender Exploration?" That's like, totally gay! by weisserw · · Score: 5

    I mean come on man, sure I play as a girl sometimes, but that gender exploration thing sounds totally gay. I mean, sometimes I pretend to be a girl on IRC, but its only so the total gaywad guys will hit on me which proves they're gay. I mean, sure sometimes I feel more comfortable as a girl in video games? So what??? Are you calling me gay??? I'll kick your ass!

    Stupid fags.

    cutiechick@hotmail.com

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    "Well it should be obvious to even the most dim-witted individual who holds an advanced degree in hyperbolic topology...
    1. Re:"Gender Exploration?" That's like, totally gay! by plunge · · Score: 5

      check out Baiting.org a site dedicated to pranksters posing as sexchat girls and then pulling the rug out from under the stupid guys who fall for it. Some of the logs are pretty damn funny.

  4. Why I do it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    When people play games of fantasy, they play as gnomes, wizards, warlocks or whatever. You get a chance to play as someone you are not. So when I play a female online, it doesn't mean I'm a transvestite or anything, any more than those who play wizards actually think they are wizards. Its just doing something you could never do in real life. That's why people play games in the first place.

  5. Absolutely by Ted+V · · Score: 5

    In High School and college I did a lot of RP Mudding. And while I didn't spend much time on FurryMUCK, I knew some people who did. For those of you who don't know, FurryMUCK is an anthropomorphic mud-- everyone role plays a character as an animal. Furry eventually became the red light district of MUDs, and that's all I have to say about the place.

    Anyway, I knew more than one real life women who had alternate male characters on the MUD simply because they were sick of getting hit on. On the internet, no one knows you're a dog. So that 14 year old lesbian school girl is probably some twice divorced 35 year old guy named earl. The real question is, "Who's playing the 35 year old guy named earl and what's her phone number?" :)

    -Ted

  6. Does this count? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    I played Ms. Pac-Man once...

  7. My name is scumdamn and I've played as a woman. by scumdamn · · Score: 5
    It all started in Street Fighter II. I started off with Ken (I consider him a gateway drug. He looks so effiminate.) and of course got hooked on Chun Li. I mean, she was so strong. She could throw from feet away and I could kick everyone's ass with her. After learning her idiosyncracies, I couldn't play with anyone else. Since Street Fighter, women in fighting games have been either too weak, just wierd, or their boots clashed with their tights, so I've played as men. Of course, with Virtual Fighter 2 I played as the drunk. I guess that says a little something about my state of mind, huh? If I can't be a woman I'll self-destruct. With the advent of Quake, the female skins were always too butch. What fun was that? Might as well just play as the Marine.

    With Quake II, the female model was fine, but she just couldn't match up to Chun Li. I thought the magic was gone. A Chun Li model came out, but by then I was playing Half-Life with that boring Gordon Freeman.

    That brings me to the crux of the problem. Now that Quake 3 is out, there's a model named Mynx who looks good, isn't too weak, doesn't have annoying pain sounds, and doesn't have any weaknesses. The problem is that if I were to play as her my son would rag on me and make fun of me. What should I do? I'm all confused.

    Just sign me

    Mixed up in Mississippi