Muddled Times
Issue:Issue 26, March 2004
Section:Questionnaires
Author:Karya

A Gender Questionnaire - The Female Perspective

Please read Where Have All The Witches Gone and Group Discussion before completing this questionnaire.

All replies are strictly anonymous.

1. Are you male or female?
2. Have you ever seriously played a persona of the opposite gender? If so, why did you chose to play a persona of the opposite gender?
3. Did anyone realise? If so, what do you think gave it away?
4. How do you feel about people role-playing an opposite gender persona?
5. If you are female, have you ever experienced any overt sexism? What happened and what did you do?
6. If you are male have you ever witnessed any overt sexism towards a female player? What happened and what did you do?
7. If you are male, have you ever knowingly been overtly sexist as either a joke or seriously? If so, what happened?
8. As a male persona, have you ever experienced any overt sexism?
9. Regardless of your gender would you consider yourself sexist in any way?
10. If you see a newbie, would you react differently to them if they had either an obvious male or female name? How would you react in each case?
11. Do you think that female players have an easier time? Give examples.
12. Do you think that female players have a harder or easier time wizrunning? Give examples.
13. Out of the 36 wizzes there are 4 witches. Do you think that this is a low, high or reasonable ratio?
14. If you think that this is a low ratio why do you think that this is the case?
15. Do you perceive there to be any difference between a wizard and witch?
16. Do you treat a witch differently to a wizard? Give examples.
17. Have you experienced or witnessed any unwelcome obscene behaviour towards a female player?
18. Have you experienced or witnessed any unwelcome obscene behaviour towards a male player?
19. If you are a male player, do you sometimes find it hard interacting with female players?
20. If you are female would you like to be, or have you been treated like a "damsel in distress" persona?
21. Is real-life gender irrelevant to persona gender? Explain your answer.
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