tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468445391676431218.post1068545471183795341..comments2020-03-26T02:54:58.391-07:00Comments on The Pensive Harpy: [Women and Raiding]Paihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14108169893140762249noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468445391676431218.post-37073121734872014582008-03-18T17:00:00.000-07:002008-03-18T17:00:00.000-07:00I don't deny it. I have seen it first hand having ...I don't deny it. I have seen it first hand having been a guild master in wow. It was a constant battle to get people to treat women and men equally in principle and yet celebrate the good differences. Being a guild master I can't tell you how many girls came on to me in my "power" position because I was kind to them but I told them were just friends. <BR/><BR/>Anyways, my favorite women usually were already married or in a boyfriend girlfriend relationship, but we had a few outstanding single gals too. (And we had one boyfriend/girlfriend thing where both were officers and things went really sour) <BR/><BR/>All women are unique just like all men IMO, even so there are a lot of categories (broad ones) you can shove people into so I have seen my share of each of these.Thallianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906461308866998300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468445391676431218.post-72445836905212151242007-09-09T21:05:00.000-07:002007-09-09T21:05:00.000-07:00Oh, definitely there's a bigger issue here than ju...Oh, definitely there's a bigger issue here than just the women. I thought the best thing about the article is the fact that he addresses that sexism is a problem in the first place, when so many gamers flat-out deny it.Paihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108169893140762249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468445391676431218.post-8183395896910544352007-09-09T16:30:00.000-07:002007-09-09T16:30:00.000-07:00One has to wonder, though, why there are all these...One has to wonder, though, why there are all these different categories that women are put into (usually revolving around how much, or little, attention they pay to men), but there are no corresponding categories to men.<BR/><BR/>The "MSM" gamers don't happen in a vacuum, and they couldn't survive if not for the men who <I>seek out</I> and <I>encourage</I> that kind of behaviour. The kind of men who put <I>all</I> women in that box, and therefore make it harder for us to game seriously. The kind of men who are "WSM" and will hit on you no matter how many times you tell them to, "STFU, n00b".<BR/><BR/>Frankly, I think we have more than enough division bewteen gamer women and I think that it's because there is far too much emphasis on "good" female gamers versus "bad" ones (virgin and the whore complex, anyone?). I would rather see people focusing on the root of the problem -- ie. the environment that fosters the behaviour -- than to keep presenting it as if it's an issue that solely rests with the women involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com