Please heed this important public service announcement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjxY9rZwNGU
"Look at these venomous harridans. They went to university. Hard to believe they're all under 25."
I remember back in high school. The girls in my class were very intelligent, but they hid it by playing dumb. It made me sad. I suppose people don't grow into their own skin until their 30s. Confidence borne from self knowledge is very attractive.
I used to play an online role playing game (DAoC for those in the know). My friends needed someone to play a healer type character so I volunteered. Back then I couldn't wrap my mind around the idea of a male healer so I created a female avatar (yes, I am aware there's such a thing called a Male Nurse. haven't decided they truly exist, yet). There wasn't a lot of voice communication over the internet back then, so it was easy to pass yourself off as a female player.
Being treated as a woman was very educational. Let's just say I quickly learned how to dodge the "A/S/L" question and fend off the endless line of male suitors. A box of honey-roasted-almond Godiva truffles to all the HT ladies for putting up with us men.
When it came to playing the game, I found most guys didn't overtly say gals had no skill. Rather, the guys just lowered their standards. When a guy screwed up, the other guys would chew him out and point out what he did wrong. When I screwed up they just typed, "Damn it, woman!" and then laugh it off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjxY9rZwNGU
"Look at these venomous harridans. They went to university. Hard to believe they're all under 25."
I remember back in high school. The girls in my class were very intelligent, but they hid it by playing dumb. It made me sad. I suppose people don't grow into their own skin until their 30s. Confidence borne from self knowledge is very attractive.
I used to play an online role playing game (DAoC for those in the know). My friends needed someone to play a healer type character so I volunteered. Back then I couldn't wrap my mind around the idea of a male healer so I created a female avatar (yes, I am aware there's such a thing called a Male Nurse. haven't decided they truly exist, yet). There wasn't a lot of voice communication over the internet back then, so it was easy to pass yourself off as a female player.
Being treated as a woman was very educational. Let's just say I quickly learned how to dodge the "A/S/L" question and fend off the endless line of male suitors. A box of honey-roasted-almond Godiva truffles to all the HT ladies for putting up with us men.
When it came to playing the game, I found most guys didn't overtly say gals had no skill. Rather, the guys just lowered their standards. When a guy screwed up, the other guys would chew him out and point out what he did wrong. When I screwed up they just typed, "Damn it, woman!" and then laugh it off.
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