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[benlehman]

In other news: Point out and criticizing the stupid things that men do to try to get sex is sexist against women.

I'm trying to wrap my head around this.

I've been in many games where the girl who the GM wants to get in bed, or already has in bed, gets special attention, "cool plot," etc. It's stupid boy behavior (never seen a girl GM do it) and one of the downsides to having one person with %100 of the social and material power in a gaming group. It's stupid and it happens constantly.

How is pointing it out an attack against the women involved? The only situation I can think of is one where a girl likes this behavior, and is afraid that acknowledging her privilege will take it away.

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[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Interesting! Was the target a boy or a girl? And how did they react?

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--Ben

[matt-snyder.livejournal.com]

Target was a guy. I'm talking married couple here in my experience, however I also have a sliver of experience with 'em before they were married or even considered "serious."

Target wholly oblivious to A) special attention and B) that sexuality was involved in any way. But, sure liked those games, and mentions to this day some special "understandings" as though something telepathic was going on between.

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Sounds very similar to some stuff that I've seen, yup. Okay, so I totally accept that it goes both ways, and it's been to my good fortune that my female GMs have been better tempered.

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--Ben

P.S. It's interesting to me that, with progressive-style games, this is simply not an issue anymore. When everyone is expected to generate awesome for each other constantly, these things fade into the background.