And before some smartass goes like: “are you living in the 90s? Girls play videogames dude, I’m a girl gamer! I even play Fortnite and CoD with my roommates.”
Videogames in terms of the crowds that attracts is male dominated, especially as adults. Some girls replying that they play doesn’t change that fact. I’ve never met a single girl into games… except one. My English teacher, she was younger than me, I think barely an adult (night school for adults). But I quit that place without finishing the studies and never connected with teachers, plus we’re from different countries, there’s no common ground, aside that I’ve never an adult woman into them. Do they think they’re silly and childish?
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Some women who play games don’t broadcast their gender, to avoid harassment.
There are some games that are played by more women than men, like Animal Crossing.
“I’ve never met a girl who plays games”
That’s it folks, we have all the evidence we need
There’s lots of women that play games that choose to not reveal their gender because there are lots of creeps. A lot of them get propositioned or get harassed. Not to mention in real life some guys act condescending towards them as if they don’t know shit about gaming.
And before you type something smart like: “are you living in the 90s?
Are you living in the 90s
It’s like asking why only men like fantasy and sci-fi
That’s not the case. It’s just that women in the space often receive unwelcome attention of one kind or another when participating in the fandoms. It’s been the same case with gaming for years.
Every female friend I’ve had has been a gamer. It’s the norm anymore.
Hate to do what you said you didn’t want to hear, but it’s the truth.
There are lots of girls or women who love gaming. Not just girly casual games, either. We just don’t make it publicly known. You may have known a few more girl gamers, but they wouldn’t ever dare tell you or be open about it.
A girl gamer, even back then, is someone who is ridiculed, made fun of, picked on and bullied to no end. You learn to stop making your hobbies public, especially if you don’t want to be destroyed psychologically. That means lying about your hobbies.
It is more openly accepted for guys to play games, but not for girls. We’re supposed to be playing with dolls, playing house, and learning how to raise children, not goofing off. Not to mention, personal tastes and interests and how they were brought up.
It’s like asking how many boys play with dolls, or make believe with girly interests.
Your fact may stand from your perspective, and you may have known a lot of non gamers as that’s how they grew up, but keep in mind that the potential for being bullied or accused of using your gender to garner attention really forces us to remain behind closed doors for protection.
Just because you don’t see it, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.
It’s just unfortunate that you seem to only be noticing the superficial layer to this.
Admittedly, it is getting better, but it’s still not a world where one can be so public about “masculine-centric” hobbies, not just gaming.
Expand your circle of friends and you may find more. :)
Asking here is a good way to see how many other females there really are. We’re more comfortable talking here, behind some layer of anonymity.
I don’t have friends. I’m talking about people in general that I knew and I didn’t knew. Nah, majority of women don’t care about games.
I don’t have friends.
I’m not trying to be mean when I say this: you ought to consider making friends before attempting an intimate relationship.
I know a lot of women who play video games, I even like some of the games they like. The Sims 4 for example, Animal Crossing, Story of Seasons games; these ladies even like games which men tend to prefer like COD (that I as a man can’t stand anything multi-player or competitive). The problem with them revealing their gender online is that oftentimes they are faced with harassment by dudes bros online. It can get pretty gross quickly, so you’ll likely never know if the women surrounding you play video games because they’d only share that information if, as a person, you were one to be considered safe.
OP has been banned, should we delete or keep the thread?
Keep it, some answers were interesting
Off topic: OP keeps getting banned for the same trolling and incel behaviors, recreates a new account to avoid the ban, rinse lather repeat.
Not saying being a moderator or admin gives all the tools or omniscience, to detect this, but is there something available to ban by IP or flag by keywords? They always post the same things over and over.
Please delete it
It’s really just because a majority of games emphasize the action. But if you were able to know me, I’d be the second such woman after your English teacher. I even have done streaming. Loyal followers get a Pokémon nicknamed after them and get to see if it prevails.
