From:	Jim Tyler <pherble@*****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Gender Bender
Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 1993 22:16:16 MDT

> I hate the term 'girl' used to define anyone over the age of about 15 or
> so. ARRRGH!
>
> > Any one who has roleplayed with Erin (Tom, Adam, Brian and myself)
> > will agree that she does the character very well.
>
> In my expierience, I've never met a man that was able to play a woman
> without reducing the charact5er to some kind of effeminant wimp or a
> total slut. Too the point where I make it a point of not allowing people
> to play the opposite gender.
>
> Facist GM at work? Nah, I just hate stereotypes.

I recently played a female rocker archetype at Tacticon here in Colorado.
I agree that many times it is difficult to play a character of the
opposite sex, but I found that this instance was fun and very successful.
Maybe because there wasn't time to think, just play the role and the game.
One thing I find funny, and sometimes a pain in the butt is that if there
is a relationship between one character and another (romantic) that
players sometimes have difficulty role-playing that aspect. In the
aforementioned tourney, I (that is my character) was supposed to have a
crush on the big bad sammy leader, but if I made any reference in play to
it, the other player pointedly ignored it; much to the GM's amusement.

--
Jim Tyler
pherble@*****.com