Whenever nerd creators scoff that "WOMEN don& #39;t play those types of games!" here& #39;s what that actually means:

1) They had no women friends when they designed the game;
2) Their initial designs and playgroups were soaked in repellent sexism

What inevitably happens is, both happily and sadly:

1) Women ARE nevertheless interested, and help create variants on the game that strip away the unnecessary repellent sexism;
2) Turns out the game& #39;s EVEN MORE fun without that shit;
3) Women start playing! But...

4) By then, a subset of dudes has glommed onto this hobby as their escape from women, which is weird, because it& #39;s not like women are usually swarming them anyway;
5) They get very pissy at "women" invading their territory;
6) They actively try to make gaming hell for women.

7) Those toxic gamers then use the barriers they purposefully reinforced as proof that women just don& #39;t like playing games.

Fun fact: You can replace "women/sexism" with "Black gamers/racism," "gay/homophobia," and "trans/transphobia" & GUESS WHAT IT& #39;S THE SAME PROCESS WHO KNEW

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