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    RedWizardGuy

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    Default Re: Let the gender in games be moved here PLZ

    Heh.

    Let's have a go at it...

    When gender differences and their impact on character scores are discussed, the one thing that always comes up is the strength difference between men and women. Now I'm not going to deny that such a difference exist (on average) but there are significant gender differences that exist that are barely brought up in such conversations:

    - on average, women have a better life expectancy (even while slightly discriminated against), this is not reflected in the age tables.
    - men (and especially young men) are prone to reckless behavior and a disregard for the consequences of their actions as can be proven by the high car insurance premiums that insurance companies charge them (in jurisdictions where gender discrimination is allowed in these cases), their enormous over-representation among the incarcerated population and crime statistics (especially violent crimes) and other studies that prove that males are prone to reckless behavior. This lack of common sense should be translated by an penalty of at least -1 on wisdom, if not -2
    - Men have higher death rates from cancer, women also tend to cope better with deprivation (with men dying first when cities are besieged and food supply is cut off), this apart from the fact that women are capable of surviving childbirth (the equivalent for males would be pissing out a golfball through your penis), that should warrant a constitution bonus for women.
    Last edited by Corneel; 2015-03-26 at 04:06 PM.