Buh?
Er... I'm female and I don't get hit on all the time despite playing games, reading slashdot etc. I don't live my life in fear of being attacked although, when an attack does happen near my home I'm cautious when out and about.
SmallFurryCreature must know a fairly small sub-set of women if they ALL feel like that. And while I also shouldn't generalise, often the women who do have issues with this sort of behaviour have encouraged it even unconsciously. I was in a guild (on an old, now defunct game) with another female player with the player name 'PinkKitty'. All her chat and visual set up was as flirtatious as possible - and then she was all upset when guys flirted back. Although at the time I was also a young single woman, my character was, while still clearly female, not nauseatingly girlie. Bingo! No unwanted attention.
If you go through your gaming life (or your real one, for that matter) going "Oooh! Help me, I'm a clueless GIRL!" you're going to get unwanted attention. Apart from the occasional moron, if you go through life with the attitude of "Yeah I'm a girl. So what?" no-one is going to hassle you.
Of course, I how have the ultimate solution to the few eejits who hassle me:
Eejit: UR a girl? R U hot? Got a picture?
Me: Last time I checked I was. I guess my husband must think I'm hot, as I don't know how I'd have ended up with 3 kids otherwise.
Eejit: *gone*
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Buh? Er... I'm female and I don't get hit on all the time despite playing games, reading slashdot etc. I don't live my life in fear of being attacked although, when an attack does happen near my home I'm cautious when out and about. SmallFurryCreature must know a fairly small sub-set of women if they ALL feel like that. And while I also shouldn't generalise, often the women who do have issues with this sort of behaviour have encouraged it even unconsciously. I was in a guild (on an old, now defunct game) with another female player with the player name 'PinkKitty'. All her chat and visual set up was as flirtatious as possible - and then she was all upset when guys flirted back. Although at the time I was also a young single woman, my character was, while still clearly female, not nauseatingly girlie. Bingo! No unwanted attention. If you go through your gaming life (or your real one, for that matter) going "Oooh! Help me, I'm a clueless GIRL!" you're going to get unwanted attention. Apart from the occasional moron, if you go through life with the attitude of "Yeah I'm a girl. So what?" no-one is going to hassle you. Of course, I how have the ultimate solution to the few eejits who hassle me: Eejit: UR a girl? R U hot? Got a picture? Me: Last time I checked I was. I guess my husband must think I'm hot, as I don't know how I'd have ended up with 3 kids otherwise. Eejit: *gone*