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From: platzer@utcsrgv.UUCP (Andrew Platzer)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Game playing
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Date: Mon, 16-Jul-84 23:04:47 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 16 23:04:47 1984
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  Looking for a slightly less inflammable topic, I pose the question:

     Why do only a miniscule number of women play games?
      (Not relationship games, game games.)

 I have noticed this in almost every game.  I suppose bridge might be an
exception, but things like chess, computer games, backgammon, wargames,
video games, go, and Dungeons and Dragons are close to devoid of women.  From
what I gather, women (in general) consider games to be a waste of time,
(quite rightly, I waste tons of time on them.)  Is it just that women tend
to be a little more down to earth, and realistic about existence?  How often
do they waste hours on debates of completely stupid nature? (Does teleportation
preserve the soul, or example.)  
  I haven't a clue, but I get the feeling that women are a little more concerned
about what is actually going to affect them than men, while men often live in
the past or future.  (ie S-F is male-dominated.)
   Any comments?
Tom West
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