Men in Dresses

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

I think the main reason players(both male and female) prefer a male role model is because males are better at physical roles(its in men's genetic). I dont even know many female gamers that prefer female main characters.

I only liked metroid because i thought Samus was a man!

FFXIII imo sucked, not sure if it was the female lead(i used fang as my main character), or the linearity of the game or lack of things to do... tho i loved the combat system.

Commander FemShep in Mass Effect would like to have a word with you and your misogynistic statements.

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Commander FemShep in Mass Effect would like to have a word with you and your misogynistic statements.

Stating a fact about men having better physical strength is not misogynistic, its ignorant to state otherwise. Tho i hope people do abuse this word more, so it can lose its meaning and people don't even bat an eye about it when it actually happens.

What are the ratio of female lead roles to male in game?

[mbncd]

Stating a fact about men having better physical strength is not misogynistic, its ignorant to state otherwise. Tho i hope people do abuse this word more, so it can lose its meaning and people don't even bat an eye about it when it actually happens.

What are the ratio of female lead roles to male in game?

I think there's about as many female leads as male.

Yshtola, Yda, Minfilia, leaders of all 3 main cities, adventurer guild leaders in 2 of the cities (wouldn't normally call them leads but they are people you interact with a LOT at the start); they're all female. Meanwhile there's one male city leader, 3 male scions and one male adventurer guild leader. The "evil" leaders sway more to the other side, with most being male, but I think that just about evens them out.

Edit: Forgot whats'ername, the little lala receptionist of the scions. Then there's also the less central leaders, like male amaljaa and female sylphs.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Stating a fact about men having better physical strength is not misogynistic, its ignorant to state otherwise. Tho i hope people do abuse this word more, so it can lose its meaning and people don't even bat an eye about it when it actually happens.

What are the ratio of female lead roles to male in game?

"I only liked metroid because i thought Samus was a man!" totally doesn't sound misogynistic at all. I'm not arguing that men have more muscle mass than women do, and thus have slightly more strength because of the way their body is made, but everything else you said was pretty misogynistic. So if you had known Samus was a female, you wouldn't have played it? JUST because the lead is female? Lol okay then, that speaks volumes.

The problem with female leads not being as abundant in gaming is because of misogynistic male gamers who still think women have no place in video games outside of sexualized eyecandy. THAT'S the problem, not that "women aren't as strong as men". If there were less misogynistic male developers and gamers in the industry, we'd see a lot more well-written female leads.

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"I only liked metroid because i thought Samus was a man!" totally doesn't sound misogynistic at all.

Not at all, in order for me to enjoy the main role, i need to correlate with it, i need to be in the character shoes. As a male, i do not correlate with women. I cant feel the game as i would... i only played fang over lightning in FFXIII is only because fang showed those qualities i would like(not to be confused with feminist *ugh*).

The problem with female leads not being as abundant in gaming is because of misogynistic male gamers who still think women have no place in video games outside of sexualized eyecandy. If there were less misogynistic male developers and gamers in the industry, we'd see a lot more well-written female leads.

Lol that excuse, sorry nope. They cater to whoever wants the game. Just like barbie is not catered to little boys. Gaming was mainly a male thing, and majority of them are still is. Women are the minority in this, but they can crime victim all they like.

The whole developer financial thing will not work if most ppl wont buy the game. Oh wait its better to assume developers are misogynistic, its better to cope like that.

If female lead roles are preferred then we will see them, there is not much demand for them, same goes for men wanting pink dress.