zhoomout:

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Quantana:
i think because most games are qiuet aggresive and that you need a bit of testosterone
(no idea if i speld that right) in you to accutly like that kind of stuff

You spelt testosterone right but not quite or aggressive or spelt or accutely

You might want to put a full stop at the end of that sentence and it could do with a couple of commas as well.

I... Er... Well, uh... Shut up!

they are, you arn't looking hard enough...

hahaha wel that's somthing i gues. i am sorry English is not my native language.
ill just keep trying. :P

Id say because the perception of a girl hasen't changed much just evolved to the times and therefore they just like years before have had that presure to be picture perfect asteticly and video games are not quite asoceated with fashon or apearance unless you are involved with video games in the first place.

but I will admit that your coment is alil off as that ratio is changeing very quickly and it's a matter of choise

Stereotyping. Most girls I know 'dislike' video games because 'they are for blokes', even though a lot of girls I know play video games, mostly 'girl games' and Guitar Hero but still they play games but aren't as into because it's 'unusual' for girls to play games.

Because they have live's unlike most guys

knottingam:
Generally speaking, that is. I realize that there are some girls on here; but it seems that y'all are the exception to the rule. I'm just curious: Why is the female-to-male ratio amongst gamers so low?

It's probally because it's been viewed as a guy thing for so many years. It also doesn't help that most games are aimed towards men. What makes matters worse, games that are aimed towards girls and women are all the same glittery crap. But I say, 'women, stand up and be proud of being gamers. Throw in your copies of CoD4 and slay all those boys who say we're no good! Huzzaaaa!!!!!'

Girls aren't as visual as we are. Seeing shit doesn't do it for them.

xitel:
Because for the longest time, and even nowadays, most of the games available were geared towards men. Nowadays that seems to be changing, with games like Mirror's Edge featuring strong female heroines that aren't incredibly unrealistic.

But whence cometh this obvious preference for targeting a male demographic?

I'd say that it's a left-over from back when use of computers (as well as the programming and distribution of computer games) was the domain of the tech geek, and quite removed from mainstream society. And as you may know, geeks tend to be men in the vast majority. The programming skills needed to get some decent mileage out of a personal computer back then were very high. And as you may know: exact mathematics and sciences attract way, WAY more men than women.

So I think that stigma is still present: computers are complex and intimidating and only reserved for geeks that have no life. This doesn't make sense (as stigmas rarely do) since current generation consoles and even PCs are nothing if not user friendly, but you overestimate the rationality of people if you think this is not a big bias people probably still have.

tomany2:
Im not too sure?
Great question though.
I think it has to do with the empty box.
All men's brains have an empty box which allows them to something completely brain dead for hours on end.
For a better explanation watch this.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=xxtUH_bHBxs

Hooray, male sexism PLUS female sexism in ONE thread! Reported, btw.

Because guys like us were never meant to get laid.

jk, just be nice.

All of the girls spouting this 'we just need a strong female character' are just shoveling crap. We don't need or want a strong female character, and even if gaming had strong female characters out the wazoo nothing would change.

Books with strong female characters are hit and miss when it comes to popularity. Movies with strong female characters don't drag out the female masses. You suddenly expect hordes of females to come out once a woman of average breast size shows up? Are you that gullible? Stop lying to everyone, please.

No, females aren't attracted to video games for the same reason people weren't attracted to computers twenty years ago.

Glefistus:
Hooray, male sexism PLUS female sexism in ONE thread! Reported, btw.

Isn't telling someone you've reported them a reportable offense?

That's akin to taunting. "Haw haw! I'm gunna get you banned and you can't do N0THIN'!" Very childish, Mr. Back Seat Mod.

You answered your own question
GIRLS and GAMING do NOT mix.

I gues they arnt into mainstream games because they are built around masculine elements, like people with big guns and exploding heads etc.