ScherzoPrime
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It's because more males tend to enjoy pointless competition more than females. It's not just video games, look at games that have been around for much longer than video games and don't have a physical aspect that gives an advantage to men (such as chess, snooker, darts, bowls etc) and you still see much higher male participation than female.
...But that's mainly only because men are socialized to be more competitive. It's not like Women are incapable of being competitive or adrenaline junkies.
BTW, sincere question: do any of you know how Estrogen and Testosterone actually effect people? Legitimately curious because I kinda rather dislike holistically biological definitions of gender (obviously Biology plays some role, but it isn't all-encompassing).
nerd cuture
That just punts on the question. Why is nerd culture gendered Male?