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Gender Inequality In Everquest

Posted by Hemos on from the but-what-about-the-children dept.

daimou writes "According to a study done at California State University, women avatars sell for 10% less than men. Also look how rich Everquest would be if it were a real country. The New Scientist is carrying the full report." Update: 06/26 14:15 GMT by S : This New Scientist article adds commentary/summary on the original paper the author, Edward Castronova, sent us info about a couple of days ago.

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  1. Do the math... by darkmayo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hmmm lets see you have a Male player..
    who plays a Female Character..

    MP+FC= FAG

    at least that is the mentality of alot of players I have met in Everquest,Dark Age, Shadowbane.
    Of course there is alot of exceptions to this..

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