Adorable how you people reveal your biases at the smallest provocation...
My mom really enjoys the Silent Hill series and my wife loves Zelda. Can you explain what makes "extensive video gaming" a man thing?
For that matter, what makes programming a man thing? Some of the most prominent names in computer science are women. Grace Murray Hopper would probably take some issue to you calling programming a man thing.
>what makes programming a man thing?
Characteristic Share of respondents
Man 91.88%
Woman 5.17%
Non-binary, genderqueer, or gender non-conforming 1.67%
Prefer not to say 1.65%
Or, in your own words 0.74% [0]
There are almost as many trans male programmers as female programmers. It is also linked with autism which is mostly a male condition. (Which is true for video games as well.)
[0]https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126823/worldwide-develo...
I'm sure my friend Melanie has more hours in the disgaea series than you do in your little shooter games.
My wife's sister makes a pretty penny buying and selling items in some MMO. She doesn't interact with the community on voice chat though, for reasons you make very clear in this interaction.
Your conceptions of gendered behaviour are built upon your personal definitions of gender. It's silly to assume otherwise.
>My wife's sister
n=2.
>A total of 395 junior high school students were recruited for evaluation of their experiences playing online games.
>[...]
>This study found that subjects who had previously played online games were predominantly male. Gender differences were also found in the severity of online gaming addiction and motives for playing.[0]
From another study:
>A total of 25,573 students (49.8 % boys and 50.2 % girls) across junior and senior high schools participated in the study.
[...]
>Table 2 lists students’ most frequent online activities. The percentage of frequent online gamers was higher for boys than girls at both school levels, z=13.63, p<0.001 for junior high; z=13.72, p<0.001 for senior high.[1]
[0]https://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Abstract/2005/04000/Gender_Di...