I’ve been playing games since I was four years old. I have been playing on-line games for about 5 years. And I am a woman. And not the only one, too. (I do not refer to casino and poker games, but to mmorpgs and fps)

But still men carry an old belief that only they play games, and if a woman plays, she surely must be really bad at it. They think they have an expanded brain or something that allows them to perform such advanced tasks as playing games (or drive for that matter). Well, sorry guys, it’s not much of an advanced task.

It is true that women are only new to the world of gaming. If you consider that women in places like Saudi Arabia are still strictly prohibited from doing these evil deeds, it’s not that strange.

And in most countries of the world, even more advanced, women are still brought up as housewives. Not that there’s something wrong with it. I have to accept that the woman is the one who carries a baby. But still she works in almost every job available. So how come, when she is expected to work and offer the society as much as a man, she is not expected to be a capable gamer or driver.

As far as I am  concerned, women have exactly the same chances as men to be crappy gamers. It’s not a matter of sex, it’s a matter of skill. And not all people have the same amount of skill at everything that they do. Women are just fewer, so they get attention.

It still strikes me though that men get excited by a female co-player. It’s almost as they don’t believe it. And the truth is, they don’t easily trust them. It takes twice the effort to prove that you can be a capable player. But men are in fact the ones who keep women where they are. Away from computers and gaming.

They all want their girlfriend to join them in raids, or sieges, but they don’t encourage them. They are the ones making all these shitty jokes about women and their lack of skills in anything else than the kitchen. But I have to tell you guys, surprise, surprise, the best chefs in the planet are men. So much for your stereotypes. You fail!

So, if you really like to have more female co-players, why don’t you change the way you see women in general? Encourage your female friends or girlfriends to play games, and teach them how to. Unless you are afraid they might end up better than you. But then, there are millions of people who are better than you, so there’s no reason to feel bad. And in the end, you will gain endless hours of fun, it’s so much better than to /drool and wait for a miracle.