and another thing
I hear a lot about girls saying they play male characters in order to avoid dealing with the problems that arise when revealing their true gender, or that, even if they play females, they avoid confirming/denying their gender for as long as possible. It's not that I fail to understand this reasoning. It's just that it infuriates me. Why should women have to hide who they are to ensure their comfort, and to assure men that their hermetically sealed homogeny hasn't been compromised by the V? Why should I have to hem and haw about the fact that I have breasts TO AVOID COMMENTS I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HEAR IN THE FIRST FUCKING PLACE? No. No. I'm not hiding the fact that I'm a woman who plays games, not for you, not for anybody. You can fucking find a fire and fucking die in it.
As a note, this is the real reason why I become so defensive when people argue with me over game knowledge/mechanics--things that I KNOW TO BE TRUE, but which people in my raiding guild and elsewhere INSISTED on arguing with me about because OH NOES a girl can't really understand these things! I've FORGOTTEN more about this game THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW, MOTHERFUCKER. Believe it.
As a note, this is the real reason why I become so defensive when people argue with me over game knowledge/mechanics--things that I KNOW TO BE TRUE, but which people in my raiding guild and elsewhere INSISTED on arguing with me about because OH NOES a girl can't really understand these things! I've FORGOTTEN more about this game THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW, MOTHERFUCKER. Believe it.