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

[Patrick O'Duffy]

Luis wrote:

> 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.

Actually, I believe VAMPIRE has been the "girls like it more" for several years
now, based (from what I gather) on the game's emphasis on interpersonal
relationships in addition to the usual RPG stuff.

> 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.

Jo has stated that she doesn't like rules much, and that she like the writing in
UA.

> Maybe she doesn't like the
> horror genre.

She does.
Her problems aren't with these obvious 'problem areas'.  To be frank, I don't
really know what her problem is with UA; after all, I don't think UA is sexist.

> I still haven't found a person that likes horror and has read
> my rulebook that hasn't liked it, men or women.

I haven't passed it around enough to gather decent anecdotal evidence.

> 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.

I've met people who would agree; my first girlfriend, for one.

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Patrick O'Duffy, Brisbane, Australia

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