Gender roles and video games: Or, why do guys play as girls all the time online?

Edit: My friend Jill wrote a passionate, well-thought out and well-written counterpoint to my blog post. Leigh Alexander is probably one of the more controversial video game journalists because she refuses to shelf her gender while writing about video games. It's what I find most interesting and admirable about her, since she speaks very frankly…

No girls allowed

REPORT: Women and games - how do modern female gamers play? - Try Evidence

Gender roles and video games: Or, why do guys play as girls all the time online?

Gender roles and video games: Or, why do guys play as girls all the time online?

No girls allowed

About one out of three men prefer playing female characters. Rethinking the importance of female protagonists in video games. - Quantic Foundry

Women perform as well as men in spatial-action video games when accounting for previous gameplay experience

Rust video game players outraged after half given female avatars

Gender roles and video games: Or, why do guys play as girls all the time online?

Gaming's toxic men, explained - Polygon

About one out of three men prefer playing female characters. Rethinking the importance of female protagonists in video games. - Quantic Foundry

REPORT: Women and games - how do modern female gamers play? - Try Evidence