Being Gendered Correctly

[Remilia_Nightfall]

No it isn't. I'm also playing a female character. People are calling me he. It shouldn't be that much to ask that people refer to female characters as she.

Have you even bothered reading all the replies to your own thread?

What you ask is not going to happen. In game gender has nothing to do with real life gender. And generally speaking the users of MMOs have historically been males, henceforth the more widespread use of male pronouns.

You can shout all you want, but this is not sexism by any stretch of imagination - it's just habit due to experience, since NO ONE will have a problem calling you "she" when you point out that you prefer it that way. Stop acting like a princess.

[Marowit]

Have you even bothered reading all the replies to your own thread?

What you ask is not going to happen. In game gender has nothing to do with real life gender. And generally speaking the users of MMOs have historically been males, henceforth the more widespread use of male pronouns.

You can shout all you want, but this is not sexism by any stretch of imagination - it's just habit due to experience, since NO ONE will have a problem calling you "she" when you point out that you prefer it that way. Stop acting like a princess.

I'm convinced this is just a troll thread. The OP came here complaining about a problem that's honestly only a problem to them due to unique circumstances that involve being a transgender. There have been plenty of replies offering advice and trying to explain it's nothing malicious. Hell I even suggested they find the LGBT directory thread so they can join one and prevent themselves from ever being misidentified again, but they just continue arguing that it affects them specially and everyone else should change

[Remilia_Nightfall]

I'm convinced this is just a troll thread.

..damn, if it is, I fell for it head first.

10/10.

[Eekiki]

NO ONE will have a problem calling you "she" when you point out that you prefer it that way. Stop acting like a princess.

But if she can't pretend she's being persecuted, what will she have to complain about on the internet?

[Odett]

Have you even bothered reading all the replies to your own thread?

What you ask is not going to happen. In game gender has nothing to do with real life gender. And generally speaking the users of MMOs have historically been males, henceforth the more widespread use of male pronouns.

Progress bad. Moving forward bad. Getting this ass-backwards society to finally treat women and men as equals and not cater to men by default bad.

[Remilia_Nightfall]

Progress bad. Moving forward bad. Getting this ass-backwards society to finally treat women and men as equals and not cater to men by default bad.

Are you for real?
Do you plan to fight your pseudo feminist battle on the forums of a MMO?

Good luck.

[Synra]

This is something that has irritated me for a lot of years now.

I was a roleplayer before I was an MMO player. I believe that people shouldn't be worrying about 'the player' and should just focus on the avatar. This game is a whole different world. Real world stuff shouldn't matter. We jump into these virtual worlds to experience a whole different kind of life, in a new place, as a new person. When you create your character, you are free to be whatever you want to be in that world. If it's a Spell caster, or an armored knight, that's your choice. If it's a plain old human, a fancy elf, or a shrimpy little gnome, that's up to you. And that goes for gender as well. You are (should be) free to be a man or a woman in that world.

It's simply not right to address female characters as "he". It does not matter if the player is actually male or female, it's insulting and disrespectful to their efforts either way. Whoever they are, they made their choices just like you did. If they chose to participate in this world as a female character, they should be treated as a female.

[Nadrojj]

If your skin isn't thick enough to handle something like this maybe console gaming is the way for you to go. I understand your situation, but it's a game, people aren't going to take the time to ponder whether you are a male or female because in the end it's not a huge deal to anyone else.

[TeaTimeBear]

Wtf lol what does console gaming have to do with gender?

[Nadrojj]

Wtf lol what does console gaming have to do with gender?

There is no one to call you a he if you are a she when playing a single player console game. Sorry I should have said "non mmo" I didn't realize people's skulls were so thick they couldn't get the gist of a simple point being made, apparently the 3 people who liked the status were capable of doing so. Meh, in the end I don't call anyone a he or a she, I call them by their class. Healer, can you handle big pulls? Ok cool. DRG please pull boss so we can lock monkey and plant out.