Do girls ever play Civ3?

[AJ Corp. The FAIR]

Originally posted by Andrew Cory


It has been my experience that women are _just_ as agressive as men are, though they ususaly channel it into other directions. So I wonder what the Civ3 men/women ratio is. I wouldn't be shocked to learn that it is at least 70/30...

I don't know what you're referring to, but in real life men definitely are more agressive than women (90 versus 10 ratio?):
just check out the crime figures. Must be a DNA/testosteron- thing.

Kind regards,

AJ

[Ribannah]

Originally posted by AJ Corp. The FAIR
I don't know what you're referring to, but in real life men definitely are more agressive than women

Bwammm!!!!

[Andrew Cory]

Originally posted by AJ Corp. The FAIR


I don't know what you're referring to, but in real life men definitely are more agressive than women (90 versus 10 ratio?):
just check out the crime figures. Must be a DNA/testosteron- thing.

Kind regards,

AJ

"Crimminal agression" is not the same as "Agression". Watch women play bridge, or play politics, or go after grades. Trust me, women are _just_ as agressive, if not more so. It is just that men tend to be more violent...

[zulu9812]

Andrew Cory's right - women can be vicious.

You know what they say -"the female of the species is more deadly than the male"

[Switch]

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
And don't anyone think that the fact that I also like my land looking cultivated rather than raped means I am less of a guy gamer.

Don't worry, I do the same thing. I think it makes us smarter gamers, rather than less manly. ie, mines where mines belong, farms where farms belong. Unless there's a hill, mountain, outcrop, or a lack of a river, I farm it. If that means my cities are more population oriented over science or production, then so be it. They usually average out, anyway. I also do the same in AOE2. I space out houses into groups of 3, and just make it generally appealing to the eye as well as being efficient.

[AJ Corp. The FAIR]

Originally posted by Andrew Cory

"Crimminal agression" is not the same as "Agression". Watch women play bridge, or play politics, or go after grades. Trust me, women are _just_ as agressive, if not more so. It is just that men tend to be more violent...

That's true, but aren't there also more men playing bridge and playing politics? Women are 'agressive' (and superior in comparison to men) for grades, but more men will make it to the (economical) top.

Face it: men are the weak, not women. (in terms of discipline and decent behaviour)
Mind you though women: I'd much rather prefer a male dictatorship than a female dictatorship. If a female has gone down the ethical way already that far, I would consider her to be more 'devilish' and dangerous than a man.

I'd know how to deal with a 'devilish' man, but I wouldn't know how to deal with a 'devilish' woman. I think that a woman like that can even outwit the most terrifying male tyrant.

AJ

[Andrew Cory]

Originally posted by AJ Corp. The FAIR

That's true, but aren't there also more men playing bridge and playing politics? Women are 'agressive' (and superior in comparison to men) for grades, but more men will make it to the (economical) top.

Face it: men are the weak, not women. (in terms of discipline and decent behaviour)
Mind you though women: I'd much rather prefer a male dictatorship than a female dictatorship. If a female has gone down the ethical way already that far, I would consider her to be more 'devilish' and dangerous than a man.

I'd know how to deal with a 'devilish' man, but I wouldn't know how to deal with a 'devilish' woman. I think that a woman like that can even outwit the most terrifying male tyrant.

AJ

I've never seen the evidence that women are smarter or more decent then men. I have seen the evidence that they tend to socialize more often. That is, they tend to get along better. But be smarter? Bah! More decent? Ever been betrayed by a woman?

[zulu9812]

Women are better at multi-tasking. Fact.

[AJ Corp. The FAIR]

Originally posted by zulu9812
Women are better at multi-tasking. Fact.

Yes, that is a fact: it's caused by a slightly different brain functioning.

And fact number two is that women more and more outsmart men at universities (more disciplined than the average male).

Fact number three: women live+/- 8 years longer than men.

AJ

[Andrew Cory]

Originally posted by AJ Corp. The FAIR


Yes, that is a fact: it's caused by a slightly different brain functioning.

And fact number two is that women more and more outsmart men at universities (more disciplined than the average male).

Fact number three: women live+/- 8 years longer than men.

AJ

Fact 4: Hummingbirds beat their wings _really_ fast!
As far as 1-3 go:
1: years ago, studies came out that proved men were better at spatial reasoning, that's why boys liked to play video games more than girls did. It turns out that boys play video games more than girls did, and thus got better at spatial reasoning. When subjected to the same growth-challanges, girls brains responded in the same ways...

2: Immigrants tend to do better at uni. as well. They work harder...

3: Women in "traditionaly female fields" (ie: homemaking) tend to live about 7 years longer (BTW: +/- 8 years means that they live anywhere from 8 years longer to 8 years less. You wanted to say "8 years longer, give or take"). Women who work not at home tend to live shorter lives. Keep this in mind as well: Men who have more friends and more non-work related activities also tend to live longer...

Women and men have the same average intelegence, the same average abilities, and men tend to be a bit stronger (though this doesn't mean as much as we think it does)...

the difference is that Women have curves, men have shoulders, we tend to think a bit differently. It is this difference in thinking that makes for a whole world of non-civ-related fun...

[Switch]

Men are stronger (fact). Women mature sooner (mentally and physically)(fact).

Thus, all men and women were created equal under God. It is how we use our strengths/weaknesses that effects who is the better. It varies from person to person, not gender to gender.

[Moonsinger]

Originally posted by AJ Corp. The FAIR
Face it: men are the weak, not women. (in terms of discipline and decent behaviour)
Mind you though women: I'd much rather prefer a male dictatorship than a female dictatorship. If a female has gone down the ethical way already that far, I would consider her to be more 'devilish' and dangerous than a man.

I'd know how to deal with a 'devilish' man, but I wouldn't know how to deal with a 'devilish' woman. I think that a woman like that can even outwit the most terrifying male tyrant.

May be that's why women don't get many vote when we try to run for office. The male don't like to vote for women because that may make them feel inferior and the women don't like vote for women because they feel threaten.

[Bella Hella]

man oh man. i don't want to get into some crap about who's smarter and in what ways. intellectually, we're equals. men are not inferior to women, women are not inferior to men. we're also very different in a lot of ways.

traditionally, the world has been male dominated because physically, men are stronger and could force women to do whatever they wanted (dude, you know that's true, so don't even argue). women were also hampered/blessed with the ability to have children, which made/makes us a lot less mobile. i don't know who invented the notion that men are superior because of their physicaly strength and mobility, but there you have it. since there's not so much a need for men to go out and hunt buffalo for food and protect the womenfolk, we're free to live our lives that way we want to. this means that women became interested in doing many of the same things that, before, were limited to men. since things have been male dominated for so long, of course it's taking a while for things to even out. i think we're at a good place now, and it's (hopefully) only going to get better. technology is the thing that's made this possible. we don't need to work as hard at, say, churning the butter and growing food, so we're free to engage in other pursuits. if and when our technology fails, through war or whatever, we'll be back to square one, and men will be "dominant" once more. (something for the sexist pigs to look forward to. )

how the hell did this conversation arise out of "do girls ever play civ??"

anyway, interesting stuff here, and i apologize for my long posts. i have a lot to say!

[Cvetin]

Can we expect to have a female civilization like Amazonians or Feminists in Civ4? Civ specific reatures cute and ruthless (bonuses in diplomacy and fashion design).
Special unit - Barbie (non combat unit which decreases unhappines in each city it's deployed)

[Willem]

Originally posted by AJ Corp. The FAIR


I don't know what you're referring to, but in real life men definitely are more agressive than women (90 versus 10 ratio?):
just check out the crime figures. Must be a DNA/testosteron- thing.

Kind regards,

AJ

I think you're looking at it the wrong way. Yes men in general are more prone to be agressive than women, but if you have an aggresive male and an aggresive female, there's not really any difference. And I suspect a lot of that tendency of men to become aggresive is because of social conditioning. It's more acceptable for men to be that way than women. In a culture where a distinction on this type of behaviour isn't made according to sex, I think you might find your ratio being more like 60/40.