Are there many other women on here/playing Elite: Dangerous?

Vasco Sapien

Vasco Sapien
Orodruin said:
Toxic
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Zorvan said:
People who find toxicity everywhere are specifically looking for it everywhere. And considering todays safe space needing crayon munchers consider everything that they don't like to be toxic simply by point of it existing, I consider the source.
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Toxic.... its the most over used HashTag pejorative of our time. The moment i hear someone describe something or someone as Toxic i suddenly zone out to my happy place.
They can't reach me there.
 
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[VR] Dr Gentech

[VR] Dr Gentech
Marklar_ said:
It's an old myth that science fiction is mostly for guys, this attitude is rooted in old social norms about science being a man's world.

But It's never been true. Back in the pulp era Gernsback was surprised to get so many letters from female readers, and a fair number of early sci-fi writers were women (usually writing under male names). In fact, the first sci-fi novel was written by a woman (Mary Shelley).

Women have always been a part of science and science fiction, but due to cultural barriers they've largely been invisible. Just as early female writers used male names, many female gamers use male avatars to avoid the same cultural bias. So it's likely that many women play this game, but they don't want to deal with the gender baggage.
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That's certainly why I picked this username, back when I was a young girl who was a bit put off by ~°• Baby's First Threats •°~ when I was 12 and playing Halo, lol. Kind of ironic that I would grow up to oppose stereotypes so much when my first thought was that they wouldn't think I was a girl if I said I was a doctor lmao.

Edit: huh, for some reason the word "" is removed from this post? The r word that means violation and assault? Guess it's a profanity filter. Probably a good thing.
 
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Old Duck

Old Duck
Zorvan said:
People who find toxicity everywhere are specifically looking for it everywhere.
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Ironic that I just noticed this in my router logs while doing some troubleshooting: "NOTE: --mute triggered..."

Which is exactly what I did earlier - muted the triggered.

Vasco Sapien said:
The moment i hear someone describe something or someone as Toxic i suddenly zone out to my happy place.
They can't reach me there.
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Well..... certain "white knights" (you know, the ones that haunt me wherever I go) give me a stomach ache, does that count?
 

Riverside

Riverside
There are a few Cmdrs who have trusted me with their gender, a significant minority state they are female. I don't use discord or voice chat, but understandably that does reveal quite a lot about a player. I only use in-game chat and this forum to communicate.

On my friend list I have male players with female avatars, female players with male avatars and plenty who clearly did not make an avatar that looks like themselves (I am assuming).

It doesn't matter, I treat them with the same polite formality no matter what.

I used to run an online racing league, there were a few female players, the misogyny was horrendous & most didn't stay long. Even without considering the spectrum between black & white imo never ask a player their gender. If they want you to know they'll tell you.
 

[VR] Dr Gentech

[VR] Dr Gentech
Ozric said:
Poor OP...

There are quite a few women I know who play Elite Dangerous, I imagine the vast majority are just sensible enough to avoid this madhouse ;)
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I think I can see why now.

Orodruin said:
The majority of responses in this thread being prime examples as to why they would not feel welcome here.
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Yup.

Orodruin said:
Nope. I do not think what you are doing to the OP is humor. You might find it funny, but if I was the OP and came in asking honestly, I certainly would not find this funny at all. That you find it funny does not mean that everybody will and to many this behavior will be toxic and drive them away. Particularly people that are in a minority to begin with.
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Thanks Orodruin. The standard you walk past etc.

Old Duck said:
I keep dropping "my wife is a gamer" hints to hopefully make it obvious that I personally do not feel this way. I can't speak for the others, but I didn't get a "we hate women gamers" vibe skimming the thread.
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I appreciate you clarifying that Old Duck, because while I do generally appreciate your posts I have to say that is exactly the vibe I got from this thread (not just you in particular, of course).

TransTechGirl said:
Wow the thinly veiled transphobia in this thread is pretty horrible.

OP yes there are a fair few women playing this game, I guess choose not to reveal themselves though.
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Thanks for saying it, I figured I'd be castigated even worse than what was already happening if I brought up such a "controversial" (quote marks a mile wide and a mile high, there) topic. The multiple people bringing it up as a mean-spirited joke before either of us not being controversial in the slightest for some reason, of course ;). Seriously though, please stop it people. It's not SJW or "political" or whatever to ask for some peace for everyone on this forum, no one deserves to have who they are or their gender disparaged and treated as a joke when they're just trying to enjoy a video game. It's basic human decency.


StarLightPL said:
Heeey, OP is back \o/ :)
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I am! Thank you. I took a break because the thread was immediately derailed with some pretty mean stuff, hoping that it was just a fluke and when I came back there'd be some actual responses. That was... sort of correct. Well, mostly incorrect, but I learned there are some women who play this game and on this forum, and we have some friends as well, so that's valuable information. I was sort of hoping I'd feel more comfortable posting on this forum without hiding my gender after this post, the reality is the opposite of that but cat's out of the bag now so ¯\(ツ)/¯ guess I'll just deal.

I really appreciate everyone who responded in a helpful way!
 

CMDR James

CMDR James
I wonder how many Females use Male avatars and names in game? I am Male. When I played exclusively in Solo, I used a Female avatar/ character. I imagined she was a relative of mine, from the distant future. Now that I play in Open, I use a Male avatar that looks a lot like I do in real life, because I don't want teenage dudes hitting on me or offering to carrying my meta alloys for me. :ROFLMAO: o7 CMDR's!
 
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