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Some women who play games don't broadcast their gender, to avoid harassment.

There are some games that are played by more women than men, like Animal Crossing.

"I've never met a girl who plays games"

That's it folks, we have all the evidence we need

Nah, women do play videogames: https://www.statista.com/statistics/232383/gender-split-of-us-computer-and-video-gamers/

I think you just need to spend more time around women.

They play games, alot! Not even just eGirls, or gamer girls.

Maybe they play different games then you, i.e. candy crush has made over $1 Billion dollars and is played by 65% female gamers.

There's lots of women that play games that choose to not reveal their gender because there are lots of creeps. A lot of them get propositioned or get harassed. Not to mention in real life some guys act condescending towards them as if they don't know shit about gaming.

I know a lot of women who play video games, I even like some of the games they like. The Sims 4 for example, Animal Crossing, Story of Seasons games; these ladies even like games which men tend to prefer like COD (that I as a man can't stand anything multi-player or competitive). The problem with them revealing their gender online is that oftentimes they are faced with harassment by dudes bros online. It can get pretty gross quickly, so you'll likely never know if the women surrounding you play video games because they'd only share that information if, as a person, you were one to be considered safe.

Lol I knew it was you. I knew it was you literally within a couple hours of you creating this latest account. And I knew you wouldn't be able to help yourself posting some incel shit eventually. You literally can't help yourself. Go touch some grass and stop using the computer.

And before you type something smart like: “are you living in the 90s?

Are you living in the 90s

It's like asking why only men like fantasy and sci-fi

That's not the case. It's just that women in the space often receive unwelcome attention of one kind or another when participating in the fandoms. It's been the same case with gaming for years.

Every female friend I've had has been a gamer. It's the norm anymore.

Women make up a significant proportion of video game consumers. It is just more socially acceptable for men, thus its more openly broadcasted. They also tend to play different games. Men tend to have a higher draw to violent games when compared to women, so you may not see women represented as much if that's the kind of game you're basing this off.

Also, nobody here is going to be able to tell you what all women think of videogames or even a general consensus.

Myself and a bunch of other women are incredibly proficient raiders in an MMO we all enjoy. I end up playing with random women in my parties all the time.

Also like, spaces that are hostile to women (ie, groups of guys who go "why are there no gaymer grills I want a goth gamer gf") are gonna drive women away, so if you are in circles with people who behave that way, you'll probably encounter fewer women.

OP has been banned, should we delete or keep the thread?

Hate to do what you said you didn't want to hear, but it's the truth.

There are lots of girls or women who love gaming. Not just girly casual games, either. We just don't make it publicly known. You may have known a few more girl gamers, but they wouldn't ever dare tell you or be open about it.

A girl gamer, even back then, is someone who is ridiculed, made fun of, picked on and bullied to no end. You learn to stop making your hobbies public, especially if you don't want to be destroyed psychologically. That means lying about your hobbies.

It is more openly accepted for guys to play games, but not for girls. We're supposed to be playing with dolls, playing house, and learning how to raise children, not goofing off. Not to mention, personal tastes and interests and how they were brought up.

It's like asking how many boys play with dolls, or make believe with girly interests.

Your fact may stand from your perspective, and you may have known a lot of non gamers as that's how they grew up, but keep in mind that the potential for being bullied or accused of using your gender to garner attention really forces us to remain behind closed doors for protection.

Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't happening.

It's just unfortunate that you seem to only be noticing the superficial layer to this.

Admittedly, it is getting better, but it's still not a world where one can be so public about "masculine-centric" hobbies, not just gaming.

Expand your circle of friends and you may find more. :)

Asking here is a good way to see how many other females there really are. We're more comfortable talking here, behind some layer of anonymity.

Man, I remember back in the 90's when the world's best competitive Quake player was a woman.

There's an age gap to female gamers. Videogames were marketed to boys and not girls in the 80's and the gender disparity stuck for a long time. It's much more even for under-twenties.

i think it would be really helpful for you to include which country you're from. in the US, i would think it's pretty comparable, but in other countries, there are probably different cultural factors at play that make it difficult to speak to without taking them into account

from the way you write and your dismissal of e.g. candy crush as "not a real game", i think those cultural factors are probably what's preventing either 1) women from feeling like they're allowed to participate or 2) women from revealing, around you, that they play games

fwiw, i wouldn't assume that women as a whole assume games are silly or childish. some women probably think that, for sure, just like some men do. but their viewpoints are as varied as women themselves are. it's very possible that they simply view them as a masculine hobby that isn't "for women", or just haven't been exposed to any they'd be interested in, or, similarly to you, wouldn't consider being interested in mobile games to be "real gaming"

It's really just because a majority of games emphasize the action. But if you were able to know me, I'd be the second such woman after your English teacher. I even have done streaming. Loyal followers get a Pokémon nicknamed after them and get to see if it prevails.

Anecdotally, the women I know all play "casual" games, and don't consider themselves "gamers" because they don't consider these casual games (generally phone/app based) real games, even though they play daily.