March 24th, 2009 : Man’s Virtual World  

I came across this article the other day, which argues that women are underrepresented in the gaming industry solely due to the belief that women suck at math, which unsurprisingly caused a lot of outrage from readers. Granted, I really do suck at math, but know there’s a whole lot of female math majors at my university. And even if, in general, women aren’t as attracted to the field of mathematics or science, what also strikes me as pretty lame about the author of that article is that he makes very little mention of the fact that the gaming industry isn’t all about programming.

There’s artists, content developers, web developers, marketing, various designers and directors, etc. And I’m not assuming that sexism is generally the reason why women make up such a tiny fraction of the gaming industry either. The fact of the matter is that there are still significantly more men interested in video games than women so naturally more men will seek jobs in that field. I could not, however, tell you why more women aren’t into video games though since I personally have no problem with the gore, violence, puzzle-solving, or time-consuming content of many popular games. Maybe this is due to my lack of maternal instinct? However, evidence suggests it’s possible that the female gamer population is growing! Those girls really know how to party And in style too… wow!

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