Which gender do you choose to play in-game and why?

Kuramas9tails · November 2017

Both

Strangely enough, I am a female on humanoid characters and a male on beast characters.

gabormezo · November 2017

Female

Boobies!

Jade1986 · November 2017

Female

badmojo wrote: »

Jade1986 wrote: »

badmojo wrote: »

Jade1986 wrote: »

badmojo wrote: »

DocFrost72 wrote: »

Daus wrote: »

DocFrost72 wrote: »

Daus wrote: »

Rickter wrote: »

gender =/= sex

so what are we asking here?

Except it does, so the question is quite simple.

Would it be easier if the question was "Does your character's DNA contain a 'Y' chromosome or no?"

I took five seconds to Google because I was curious.

Gender:

"the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones)."

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gender

I'm not advocating any side, but it could be that the quoted poster didn't understand or thought the OP meant something else.

And this is why politics should stay out of science. The word "gender" only became a thing in the 20th century because the word "sex" became the word used for mating. Then second wave feminists redefined gender in their writings; redefining it as your self identity of sex.

Gender = Sex

If you want to tell yourself otherwise because it makes you feel like a good person go ahead, but you're disillusioning yourself.

You don't know how to read apparently. I'll bold it this time.

"I'm not advocating any side, but it could be that the quoted poster didn't understand or thought the OP meant something else."

I'm just making sure you understand this one more time: words can change, as you pointed out. I'll take what you said as true despite there being no source, but even the what if this person only knows the contemporary meaning? Context matters, and the post I made didn't have a political statement to be seen inside it. Simply trying to highlight the problem you yourself underlined: some folks may read that differently.

The post you quoted was political. They didnt misunderstand the wording of the poll, they just wanted to virtue signal their stance on identity politics.

Peoples identity are not politics. If you choose to make them into that it us on you.

Also, people calling us names is q very good way to get banned from the forums for hate speech as the moderators have already said.

Who is calling anyone names? Who's identity was singled out?

Politics was brought into this thread by the person steering the discussion towards the idea that gender and sex are not the same. That topic was brought up in a poll asking about which of the two choices of character gender we picked in a video game. Gender in this game is not chosen on a slider, or spectrum, there is no third option for non-binary. You simply get a choice of male or female, because its a video game and not real life.

These forums are not the place for a debate on indentity politics, mainly because people will say something like "gender =/= sex" and then anyone who disagreed and posted their opinion would be censored for "hate speech". So please leave those discussions for places where we can exercise freedom of speech. Or rather, a place where people cant hide their ideology behind the threat of censorship.

Saying gender =/= sex is not political, it is a widely accepted medical, scientific, and psychological fact. If you think that is political, again that is on you. Calling us delusional and sick is an opinion, you are right, but saying things of that nature is indeed hate speech. And I am happy the forum rules state that.

When did I call anyone delusional or sick? In fact I have gone out of my way to avoid bringing up my beliefs because this is not the place for those debates. Please don't put words in my mouth simply because I won't accept an opinion as fact.

I in fact did not say you specifically name called, but as of now there has been people doing that in this thread

kimaeril · November 2017

Male

I'm female but only play male characters because I play in 3rd person mode and prefer looking at a male backside than a female's.

ToRelax · November 2017

Ratzkifal wrote: »

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Also, about the gender discussion. If I were to treat gender =/= sex as true, are the majority of my characters masculine for wearing heavy armor, working out and rescuing the damsel in distress? (Please be gentle as the whole topic is puzzling to me)

No, it would simply mean your characters could view their own gender as something not corresponding to their sex, regardless of what they do.
If gender = sex, the poll wouldn't make any sense to someone playing such a character. That's why the post came up, I assume.

Gorilla · November 2017

Both

I play mostly males, 1 female crafter modeled after my partner, and the occasional gender-bending Orc.

CoJaxDeBrujah · November 2017

Both

I do both. It all depends on what I want the character to be.

Panzyfaust · November 2017

Female

I juggle a little bit but in honesty my mains are all female, just because that's what I like to play and how I want to present.

Ratzkifal wrote: »

Also, about the gender discussion. If I were to treat gender =/= sex as true, are the majority of my characters masculine for wearing heavy armor, working out and rescuing the damsel in distress? (Please be gentle as the whole topic is puzzling to me)

Those are slightly masculine character traits but those things by themselves don't determine your characters' masculinity or femininity, and certainly not their entire gender presentation.

AngryOldMan · November 2017

Male

Im a man, have male characters, I have crated all my chars to look the same, crafted in my image because i like my look

JinMori · December 2017

Male

LadyAstrum wrote: »

I play females....I can't play males. I find myself feeling bored. I couldn't play Witcher for this reason. I guess I project myself partially onto my character, and although I was a bit of a tomboy as a child, I grew up to be feminine and that's how I like my characters to be: powerful, but strong in their feminine energy.

What?

I would assume that it's the gameplay that bores someone, the gender of the character should just be a preference.

[Snip].

But even if i did a female character, i would never consider the gameplay boring, because of it, the gameplay has nothing to do if you play as a male or a female.

Oh, and i also prefer the look males have when wearing armor.

Oh, and you are missing out by not playing the witcher 3, awesome game.

[Edited to remove baiting]

madchuska83 · December 2017

Male

'Cause I'm a dude, dude.

Neyane · December 2017

Female

Female because I'm a female. I've tried having male characters and ended up deleting them or giving them a sex change

Jade1986 · December 2017

Female

JinMori wrote: »

LadyAstrum wrote: »

I play females....I can't play males. I find myself feeling bored. I couldn't play Witcher for this reason. I guess I project myself partially onto my character, and although I was a bit of a tomboy as a child, I grew up to be feminine and that's how I like my characters to be: powerful, but strong in their feminine energy.

What?

I would assume that it's the gameplay that bores someone, the gender of the character should just be a preference.

[Snip].

But even if i did a female character, i would never consider the gameplay boring, because of it, the gameplay has nothing to do if you play as a male or a female.

Oh, and i also prefer the look males have when wearing armor.

Oh, and you are missing out by not playing the witcher 3, awesome game.

Muscle mass =/= superiority , nor is it the pre-requisite to be an effective and deadly warrior. As you have said. Please.

[Edited for quote]

RaddlemanNumber7 · December 2017

Both

Whatever narrative imperative demands for the character I'm creating/playing.

ziggy29 · December 2017

Both

Most of my characters are male, but two are female. I like variety in my role-playing. I think it's silly to suggest to other people that they should play only their own gender. It's role playing and fantasy, a chance to be something we aren't in real life. Otherwise, why wouldn't someone always play as a human? None of us are really orcs or elves or cats or lizards. So if we are supposed to play only what we are "in real life", why have other races?

Sheridan · December 2017

Male

Male, because I am male and my character is me.

Makta · December 2017

Both, I tend to make "myself" in a game if i can but since the nords have quite bad racials unless you are tanking i made a female orc instead.

I did make a male nord now due to the event but not sure i will play a lot.

MagnusBlackmane · December 2017

Male

I'm male, it's easier to connect with a character when it's as close to resembling me as possible.

Jade1986 · December 2017

Female

MagnusBlackmane wrote: »

I'm male, it's easier to connect with a character when it's as close to resembling me as possible.

Exactly how it is with me.

Each character is an extension of certain aspects of myself. With one main that emobodies mostly everything about me.

Lord_Ninka · December 2017

Both

14 characters on the roster, definitely room for more than a single gender.

Ermiq · December 2017

Male

Male.
I've made one female character in ESO just for fun. I've made a quite pretty dark elf Templar and her name is Healyu Virian.

But every time I log in with this female character I feel weird and uncomfortable. I feel like I'm playing with Barby doll instead of Spider-Man.

kojou · December 2017

Both

I'm male and I play both.

Reason: I like variety. I tried to make each character unique in some way and give them their own style.

Zbigb4life · December 2017

Male

Male cuz I don't like crossdressing

Diabolus1989 · December 2017

Male

I always endeavor to try and make my characters reflect myself as much as I can, including appearance - so I pick male characters whenever I can.

Although playing as female characters is a refreshing change sometimes. But there are certain moments in games, for example in ES IV: Oblivion, where beggars would say 'Thank you kind lady' when I gave them a coin - these moments temporarily broke the immersion for me.

But I have no issue playing as females in games where you don't create the character e.g. Lara Croft, or Setsuka and Ivy in the Soul Caliber series.

theher0not · December 2017

Female

Female.

I pick the sex of my character based on what I think looks best. Khajiit is my go to race in TES and I think they look better as females in ESO, so that is what I mainly play.

Darkdex · December 2017

Both

Both.

Male for my main character (which represents me).

Female for all the remaining characters, which in the ESO case, all have possibble names for my (future) daughters and my girlfirend.

Yagorn · December 2017

Male

I always wanted to be a one eyed black elf dude...

Appleblade · December 2017

Female

Zbigb4life wrote: »

Male cuz I don't like crossdressing

It’s not a requirement to dress like your character when you play ESO.

Appleblade · December 2017

Female

xenowarrior92eb17_ESO wrote: »

If I have to spend 15 hours a day looking at a character back...it rather be a female curvy 4$$ rather than a dude butt.

I never really understood this. When I play I’m surveying the landscape for enemies or unexpected cliffs.

Lyserus · December 2017

Male

I now have 10 chars, 1 each race 2 each class, 5 male 5 female. （I remembered I pick male but can't change now）

I really donno what to do if ZOS get a new class

so please no more new class