Re: [enworld] D&D Historian Benn Riggs On Gary Gygax & Sexism

On 7/9/2024 2:40 PM, Zaghadka wrote:

On Tue, 9 Jul 2024 10:52:48 +0200, kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Why then has the response been outrage from various corners of the
internet?

 Because those are the only people who posted: the perpetually outraged.
 It is a huge sample bias. Most people are fine with it. Those who are
mildly bothered aren't posting.

Yes, I don't really get involved in outrage either.  I was mildly bothered by it in the early 80's, really just the female weak stats in the 1e PHB.  I had brought at couple girls into the game (before my, or their awakening) but they didn't stick with it.
Of course I played a lot of Champions int the 1e days too, and never saw a girl playing that either.
I didn't see a single woman playing D&D in other groups of AD&D ever, even 2e which didn't seem to have the misogyny, at least until I brought another into it in the 2e days from playing M:tG (a small number there, but more than AD&D)... and she became my GF (didn't work out.)
I saw a lot of girls & women playing Vtm when it was out in the AD&D days. I was invited, but they seemed a bit TOO into it to the point of most of them (and the few guys) dressing up as vampires all the time.
I saw a good number of girls & women in the 3e days (maybe 20% varying), but from what I know all of them had been brought into it by their D&D dads, or significant others as well.
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