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Gaming

Egnever

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1. You would have to have an extremely thick skin

Reply to Ohio Joe (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2014, 07:56 PM

Apr 2014

to be a female gamer and admit it. There are thousands of females playing male chars just to avoid being hassled I am quite sure.

It has always been the realm of the high testosterone low empathy crowd.

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Playing with privilege: the invisible benefits of gaming while male [View all] Ohio Joe Apr 2014 OP

You would have to have an extremely thick skin Egnever Apr 2014 #1

not really eShirl Apr 2014 #2

there is that Egnever Apr 2014 #3

Why would you DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #4

I joined an all female guild Betty88 Sep 2014 #5

my oproblem even on mild games is that women are rarely given non-sexy chothes hollysmom Feb 2015 #6

My wife and I totally agree with your sentiment there. retrowire May 2016 #9

If this is about online gaming JonLP24 Mar 2015 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #8

The GamerGators have made me ashamed of being a gamer. Odin2005 May 2016 #10

I think most gamers don't get it. KatyaR Dec 2017 #11