I am currently taking English 1510 and we have had to write quite a bit about differences between men and women. I immedietly thought of Magic and how I usually only see one girl and like 10 or more guys at FNM. I have two questions: Are you male or female? And Why do you think there is such a huge gender gap?
Male.
Most the time I'm the one introducing Magic to my girlfriends. I've only seen 1 instance where to was the other way around.
I think it has to who introduces you to magic and who keeps you interested. Have brothers, sisters, or a friend group you can play with is essential.
At the theros prerelease in my town, there were five or six women playing. Plus, when I went to college, I found seven or eight women who currently played at the time.
I'm male, and I currently don't see anything wrong with this, but probably because there are a lot of women who play here
I'm male.
I know a handful of women that play but it's probably around a 20:1 ratio men to women. I agree that it is likely who gets you into it and your play group. I also think it is something that, on a psychological level, is just more appealing to men. Just my experience.
Male
My playgroup is like 10 males 1 female.
As stated before it seems it's the idea of appealing. As an example, women like to shop. Males can shop, they know how to, but it's not as appealing to do so. Just my theory.
Male
Have like 3 girls to idk 6?-7? Guys at my school who play Magic.
Female
I got into the game because I love love LOVE the art. I played Pokemon and dabbled in Yu-Gi-Oh growing up, but Magic has such a vast storyline with rich characters and lots of options for flavor in each deck. I'm slowly starting to get my other female friends into it....I think maybe it's just a thought of "Ew, card game? That would make me look weird and unattractive." But it actually does quite the opposite in my own findings! Instead, I'm considered interesting and hot.....which I'm still trying to wrap my head around.
Male
Although, some of the girls in my grade, when my friends and I play before school, come and rip up the cards! Seriously, I lost an {Omniscience} because of them :'(
Maybe age is important as well.
I think it depends on location. At Geneva they all played Yu-Gi-Oh. And in Orwell they all play Magic.
Male and it's roughly 50/50 at my group and in school there's 15 female players
I feel my location I play at would have more female players ( most stores actually) if the males didn't make such a big deal about it
I brought my girlfriend to a prerelease and one of the guys who already says enough dumb offensive commentary kept saying crude sexual jokes that night.
When there were Germans from outside of the country, he made nazi jokes...
So when people act like that, it turns people off.
Women players don't want to deal with more immature behavior. I believe many women actually play DotP just by analyzing user names, as its a safer environment for them to play a game in
Quote from: Mlerner12 on October 05, 2013, 10:14:31 AM
Male
Although, some of the girls in my grade, when my friends and I play before school, come and rip up the cards! Seriously, I lost an {Omniscience} because of them :'(
If a chick did that I would .female dog. Slap her across the face.
Quote from: Anoobass on October 05, 2013, 03:00:36 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on October 05, 2013, 10:14:31 AM
Male
Although, some of the girls in my grade, when my friends and I play before school, come and rip up the cards! Seriously, I lost an {Omniscience} because of them :'(
If a chick did that I would .female dog. Slap her across the face.
I did.
It was FOILY too :(
:'( :'(
{Murder} them. Immediately.
Then they will {Putrefy}
Maybe she likes you and wants you to not pay attention the game and pay more attention to her
Female. I've been seeing more females in magic lately. I spotted about 10 at the Theros prerelease. I can't say why there are more males than females in this game, it probably has something to do with game stereotypes in general.
It isn't great that some guys look at females like they are pieces of meat, this is something that happens to me no matter which shop I'm at. I could also do without condescending comments and assumptions about my skill level based on my gender. It does make it feel that much better when I place in a tournament after someone makes one of those comments, though.
one of the 2 Girls know who play has a {Karn Liberated} as well as a large abundance of other cards that I want...
Quote from: Muggywuggy on October 05, 2013, 03:44:44 PM
Maybe she likes you and wants you to not pay attention the game and pay more attention to her
Nah, she knows I've always hated her, frankly :)
When you don't want them
They want you more
#protip
Quote from: Muggywuggy on October 05, 2013, 04:32:22 PM
When you don't want them
They want you more
#protip
O~O;;; I'm scared
Gender stereotypes are weird. From birth, boys are showered in blues and girls in pinks. Girls are given dolls, princesses, and horsies, and boys are given robots with lasers or action figures with swords and weapons. This kind of thing makes an impact on gender stereotypes on the child as they grow up. The boys tend to grow and enjoy rough housing, while the girls tend to enjoy tea parties and princesses.
Obviously not every kid sticks to these societal guidelines that are given to them (thank God, I'd never meet a woman I could share interests with if we all did), and not every parent participates in these society-gender stereotypes either.
But yeah, that's my psychological viewpoint on it. And I'm super glad to see more gamer gals. LadyGrixis - we guys find you interesting because you share our interests! Which isn't as easy to find as you might think. As for hot, I'm not touching that one, there is no safe response :D
Quote from: Gorzo on October 05, 2013, 04:44:29 PM
As for hot, I'm not touching that one, there is no safe response :D
I didn't think anyone could get more wise until I read this. Gorzo must secretly be a wise-advice-person!
If you touched it, then it would probably sizzle. Just a wild guess ;)
Quote from: LadyGrixis on October 05, 2013, 05:12:04 PM
If you touched it, then it would probably sizzle. Just a wild guess ;)
I'm so confused...
Quote from: Gorzo on October 05, 2013, 04:44:29 PM
Gender stereotypes are weird. From birth, boys are showered in blues and girls in pinks. Girls are given dolls, princesses, and horsies, and boys are given robots with lasers or action figures with swords and weapons. This kind of thing makes an impact on gender stereotypes on the child as they grow up. The boys tend to grow and enjoy rough housing, while the girls tend to enjoy tea parties and princesses.
Obviously not every kid sticks to these societal guidelines that are given to them (thank God, I'd never meet a woman I could share interests with if we all did), and not every parent participates in these society-gender stereotypes either.
This is something that has never made sense to me. Especially now that I have a child. Every time my son picks up a pink toy or pony at the store, someone (usually someone who either doesn't have a child or is from an older generation) tells my son "don't play with that! It's a girls toy!" This is wrong on so many levels. First of all, who's to say if a toy is for boys or girls, especially based on color! Back in the day, I'm talking way back when, pink was what boys were dressed in, and girls were in blue. They switched it for no good reason and it obviously caught on. And even if a toy was designed for a girl, what in the world is wrong with my two year old son playing with it? If you take a good look at things, you'll see that gender stereotypes are pretty one sided, especially in childhood. If a young girl want to roll around in the dirt and play Spider-Man, she is dubbed a tomboy and it is perfectly acceptable, but if a boy wants to play tea party and princesses, there is something wrong. That is ridiculous. Not to mention that this sort of thinking is the reason there are so many male chauvinists in the modern world. Things as simple as saying "no, that toy is for girls" tells both males and females (on a subconscious level, of course) that being a female is not as valuable as being a male, and that wanting to play with something pink is something to be ashamed of. So silly.
Yes, nothing to do with magic, but I could talk about this all day.
Quote from: Moneekahh on October 05, 2013, 05:31:46 PM
Quote from: Gorzo on October 05, 2013, 04:44:29 PM
Gender stereotypes are weird. From birth, boys are showered in blues and girls in pinks. Girls are given dolls, princesses, and horsies, and boys are given robots with lasers or action figures with swords and weapons. This kind of thing makes an impact on gender stereotypes on the child as they grow up. The boys tend to grow and enjoy rough housing, while the girls tend to enjoy tea parties and princesses.
Obviously not every kid sticks to these societal guidelines that are given to them (thank God, I'd never meet a woman I could share interests with if we all did), and not every parent participates in these society-gender stereotypes either.
This is something that has never made sense to me. Especially now that I have a child. Every time my son picks up a pink toy or pony at the store, someone (usually someone who either doesn't have a child or is from an older generation) tells my son "don't play with that! It's a girls toy!" This is wrong on so many levels. First of all, who's to say if a toy is for boys or girls, especially based on color! Back in the day, I'm talking way back when, pink was what boys were dressed in, and girls were in blue. They switched it for no good reason and it obviously caught on. And even if a toy was designed for a girl, what in the world is wrong with my two year old son playing with it? If you take a good look at things, you'll see that gender stereotypes are pretty one sided, especially in childhood. If a young girl want to roll around in the dirt and play Spider-Man, she is dubbed a tomboy and it is perfectly acceptable, but if a boy wants to play tea party and princesses, there is something wrong. That is ridiculous. Not to mention that this sort of thinking is the reason there are so many male chauvinists in the modern world. Things as simple as saying "no, that toy is for girls" tells both males and females (on a subconscious level, of course) that being a female is not as valuable as being a male, and that wanting to play with something pink is something to be ashamed of. So silly.
Yes, nothing to do with magic, but I could talk about this all day.
Two of my favorite shirts Gir and Escape The Fate my sister found them in the "women's" part of the store. And I'm like. Uhm. No. I'm wearing those cuz they're awesome c: so technically yes they're "girl" shirts. But I'm a guy and I wear them lol
I'm a male and most of the people at my LGS are male, with a few females showing up every now and again. From what I've seen, the males that I've encountered there don't know how to act aroun the fairer sex and supplement this (usually) by turning into Richards. Which is off putting. That's the only reason I can come up with. Gender barriers (especially in more progressive cities) are getting torn down and I think it's awesome. Just look at any convention. There's a healthy mix of both in attendance.
Also, pink is one of my favorite colors when paired with black, as evident by my avatars.
Just saying Arin Hanson (Egoraptor/Game Grump) one of my favorite Youtuber's favorite color is pink :D