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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.

Comments

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Hey, Nancy --

So you're the second person saying "it's usually the woman who gets accussed." This is so totally counter to my experience I can't tell you. Am I missing the accusations or are you missing the men dealing with their issues between each other or both or are we just in different social scenes?

yrs--
--Ben

[apollinax.livejournal.com]

It might be counter to your experience due to the sample sizes; a history is different than a single occurance.

[faerieloch.livejournal.com]

We're coming at this from totally different positions. What I'm saying is that GM and female player are sleeping together. Fellow male player accuses female player of using that influence to get ahead in the game. You're seeing it as two males fighting over a woman. However, why would male player accuse the woman rather than the GM?