Gordon : - So what ?
Jade : - Well, what would you say if you saw your daughter starting playing video games with her brother ?
Gordon : - She's young, video games will get on her nerves. It's not like dolls, she can't touch it, and anyway, I'm sure that she prefers managing her baby's life instead of wasting her time hurting her fingers on the keyboard.
Jade : - You think so ? Ok, now I'm going to ask you an other question.
Gordon : - Allright.
Jade : - Your girl is now aged 14. You notice that she still plays video games, and she asks her brother to play with him with her own computer. He agrees and explains her that she needs to use a LAN.
Gordon : - LAN ? What is this word ?
Jade : - LAN is an abbreviation for Local Area Network. Let's just say that it allows people to link their computers together if the computers are at the same place. With LAN, you can have 2, 3 players or more playing the same game at the same time.
Gordon : - Ok, so I guess that he explains this word to her sister like you're explaining it to me.
Jade : - Yes, and if she still doesn't understand, he will take time for it.
Gordon : - Wouldn't she think that this explanation is boring ?
Jade : - No, your daughter is curious, and she respects her brother, so she tries to understand his speech.
Gordon : - Ok, so she understands everything and starts playing with her brother.
Jade : - Of course she does ! What would you tell her if you had to ask her to come downstairs to eat ?
Gordon : - "Sweetie ! Come on and join your lovely dad to taste his marvelous food !"
Jade : - You're very funny sir ! You wouldn't use the word "sweetie" to call your daughter would you ?
Gordon : - Probably not. You know, I don't have children, so I can hardly tell you my behaviour in this case.
Jade : - Don't think and just try to imagine and answer me frankly. So, she plays with her brother and starts going to her brother's friend's home to have LANs.
Gordon : - You've just told me that a LAN was just a network !
Jade : - Yes, and I didn't specify you that a LAN is a word used for a kind of party where you can play with friends thanks to the LAN for just an evening or for several days.
Gordon : - I wouldn't leave her alone with those guys !
Jade : - Well, it's a special case... Imagine you're coming to bring her back home and you see her, playing violent games such as Doom 3, UT 3 or Bioshock.
Gordon : - What do you mean when you say "violent" games ? I don't know those games !
Jade : - These games are FPS games in which you have to survive and shoot everything or almost everything you see on the screen. Of course, she can see blood during the game.
Gordon : - My god ! My daughter playing those barbaric games !! If she were a boy, I wouldn't be surprised, but a girl ! You know, I've heard on TV that gamers could become serial killers, and anyhow, journalists say that girls only play lovely games such as MySims or Animal Crossing.
Jade : - YES ! That's what I wanted you to say ! Do you think that those statements are true ? Do you think that women are so different, and that they can't understand the fact that men play video games ? Why is it strange when I tell you that women play video games ?
... Think about it ...
Here's a link that I've just found where you can find a website speaking about this subject :
http://www.womengamers.com/index.php
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