Most males on the internet generally tend to discriminate against women playing video games, and have the common mind set that girls do not play video games and the girls tend to run away from guys who do have an avid interest in games or general fantasy/sci-fi/technological pursuits. You can commonly posts on the net saying that there are no women on the internet, and if somebody tells you that they are a girl, then it is assumed that they are a G.I.R.L (Guy in Real Life). Another belief is that if women/girls actually do play video games, then they are not attractive at all. These beliefs are usually formed due to the stereotypes we find in our social environment, we talk to our male friends about gaming and we can easily have a lengthy discussion, but if we talk to most females, they will either not know much about the topic being conversed or will just call it stupid and nerdy and walk away, therefore leading us to believe that girls find games stupid and therefore do not play them.
However in recent years, girls have taken a much more active stance in gaming, both in terms of recreational playing and competitive playing. And video game/console developers are starting to notice this and are trying to encourage a larger female player base. Many companies think that girls often like to play feminine games, that often do not involve shooting, or violence of sorts, and rather prefer games that are cartoony and are rather casual in play style. But many females are actually interested in First Person Shooters, such as Call of Duty and Battlefield 3 and Role Playing Games, mostly Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. This is because they often interact with males who play the game, and due to this interaction, they start finding the game interesting and decide to try it out for themselves, often getting rather engrossed in the game.
When the topic of girls playing video games is brought up, they are usually associated with playing games such as Dance Dance Revolution, Hello Kitty or other games that are usually based on repetitive action, cute mini games and highly animated graphics, because men cannot imagine the possibility of a female gamer playing a "hardcore" game and actually being successful at it in comparison to the other people she would be playing against. This is a common misconception as females can often defeat males in various games, around all genres from sports to shooters.
Males are also slowly adapting to a number of girls playing the same game that they are playing, however, in many cases they treat the females in a different manner than they would treat members of the same sex. They tend to protect the females in quests from monsters, help by giving a lot of equipment and gold, and will constantly protect the girl from being harassed by other members of the society. This behaviour usually stems from the fact that many of these males have limited interaction with females and treat the game as a platform to interact and get closer to them. Many of the females often take advantage of the behaviour of males towards them to try and get further along in the game, whilst not actually even caring about the male. However in certain cases the female prefers if she is treated like a normal male because they would rather play the game than involve themselves with interactions with the males, therefore they often create male characters in game so as to be treated equally.
Now many people still believe that females do not take an active interest in playing video games, however there is a large number of females I have personally interacted with and read about that play games rather seriously, in the gaming clan Fever Clan(http://feverclan.com/). There are also many all girl gaming clans and groups that play competitively for games like Call of Duty, Counter Strike, Dragon Nest, Tekken, Soul Calibur, etc.
Therefore we can easily see that girls are starting to pick up video gaming, and are actually interested in playing the games and not using it as a tool for social interactions. This shows that the dominance of males in the field of gaming, has got new found competition with the arrival of female gamers.
However in recent years, girls have taken a much more active stance in gaming, both in terms of recreational playing and competitive playing. And video game/console developers are starting to notice this and are trying to encourage a larger female player base. Many companies think that girls often like to play feminine games, that often do not involve shooting, or violence of sorts, and rather prefer games that are cartoony and are rather casual in play style. But many females are actually interested in First Person Shooters, such as Call of Duty and Battlefield 3 and Role Playing Games, mostly Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. This is because they often interact with males who play the game, and due to this interaction, they start finding the game interesting and decide to try it out for themselves, often getting rather engrossed in the game.
When the topic of girls playing video games is brought up, they are usually associated with playing games such as Dance Dance Revolution, Hello Kitty or other games that are usually based on repetitive action, cute mini games and highly animated graphics, because men cannot imagine the possibility of a female gamer playing a "hardcore" game and actually being successful at it in comparison to the other people she would be playing against. This is a common misconception as females can often defeat males in various games, around all genres from sports to shooters.
Males are also slowly adapting to a number of girls playing the same game that they are playing, however, in many cases they treat the females in a different manner than they would treat members of the same sex. They tend to protect the females in quests from monsters, help by giving a lot of equipment and gold, and will constantly protect the girl from being harassed by other members of the society. This behaviour usually stems from the fact that many of these males have limited interaction with females and treat the game as a platform to interact and get closer to them. Many of the females often take advantage of the behaviour of males towards them to try and get further along in the game, whilst not actually even caring about the male. However in certain cases the female prefers if she is treated like a normal male because they would rather play the game than involve themselves with interactions with the males, therefore they often create male characters in game so as to be treated equally.
Now many people still believe that females do not take an active interest in playing video games, however there is a large number of females I have personally interacted with and read about that play games rather seriously, in the gaming clan Fever Clan(http://feverclan.com/). There are also many all girl gaming clans and groups that play competitively for games like Call of Duty, Counter Strike, Dragon Nest, Tekken, Soul Calibur, etc.
Therefore we can easily see that girls are starting to pick up video gaming, and are actually interested in playing the games and not using it as a tool for social interactions. This shows that the dominance of males in the field of gaming, has got new found competition with the arrival of female gamers.
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