A) The pervasively inaccurate myth that women don't play video games. In fact, women in my age bracket are a main demographic
- Also, toxic masculinity
- The myth that female gamers are casual, when there are female players soloing end bosses of raids
- I play a melee class now, although I used to play ranged DPS. But women are expected to be ranged DPS or healers
- I am competitive. I don't like to lose
- I am an aggressive player. I like to be big-dick DPS in dungeons and raids and I go balls-deep into player vs. player
- The fact that I even PVP is often seen as more masculine, however one of the best PVPer's I used to run with was female, back in the day
- The fact that I rarely bother with a dungeon any more unless it's a keystone mythic and I want to do higher and higher ones
D) The fact that I also tank, which is seen as masculine, although there are excellent female tanks
E) The fact that some of my female characters are nearly naked
I've stopped correcting people any more. It's not worth the time, especially if it's some random person I'll never encounter in game again. The exception was the guildee, and she had rubbed me the wrong way prior to that. What do you think, gentle reader? Have you experienced misgendering in a video game, whether male or female? Do you stay out of voice chats so that you avoid people knowing your gender?
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