[UA] She just doesn't get it, does she? (was: UA unintenionally sexist?)

[Luis]

> There is a preponderance of male NPCs over female NPCs; not in the main
book,
> true, but the supplements have tipped the balance.  Furthermore, most of
the

Well, I thought she had just read the main rulebook, but if you consider
that to be sexist (I don't) you should put apart most games in the market,
except, maybe, the white wolf (with all the vampiras around) and AEG ones.
(7th sea and L5R, which have female npc's that just don't feel right for me)

> And yes, I think US has a strong masculine slant; there's a heavy focus on
> violence, on horror, on darkness.  Those aren't exclusively male
interests,
> true, but they do tend to appeal to a largely male demographic.

Well, I don't think UA has a greater focus on any of those things that CoC
has, and it has been labelled the tipical "girls like it more" game more
than once. I guess it all depends on how you play it. If you refer to the
tone of the book (how it's written), well, I'm happy with it being more
focused on violence horror and darkness than rules. Finally we have a
roleplaying book, not a rules enciclopaedia. Maybe she doesn't like the
horror genre. I still haven't found a person that likes horror and has read
my rulebook that hasn't liked it, men or women.

> I don't think it's such a strong masculine slant as to make the game
> unappealing to female gamers - but obviously Jo feels differently.  To
dismiss
> her feelings by saying she 'just doesn't get it' is, I feel, unfair and
> elitist.

I'm not trying to say that, I'm  the first to criticize elitism in the rpg
comunity, I'm trying to say that she read "porno", read about magic through
alcohol an didn't like it, and she's saying it's sexist. Then I'm sorry,
because this whole rpg thingie is sexist.

> And I think there's still a great deal of sexism in our society (in _all_
human
> societies); as well as this recent 'backlash' attitude against 'political
> correctness'.

I agree with you completely, we're living in a sexist world, so much imposed
by men and by women. But I think we're getting much out of topic, so if you
want to discuss anymore on this, I welcome you to my private mail address.




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