Study: Female MMO Gamers Five Times More Likely to be Bisexual
Study: Female MMO Gamers Five Times More Likely to be Bisexual
Posted 12/24/2008 at 8:00am
| by Paul Lilly
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If you're a male gamer who has been looking for love in all the wrong places, it might be because you're spending too much time playing MMOs. Or, depending on your fantasy woman, maybe that's exactly what you should be doing. You see, not only is nearly half of the Everquest II gaming population female, but they're apparently much more likely to be bisexual than non-EQ II players, online surveys suggest.
According to no less than 2,400 completed web-based surveys, females account for 40 percent of the EQ II gaming community. The surveys also found that female EQ II players display "an unusually high level of bisexuality," more than five times that of the "general population."
"These are not people who are following strict gender stereotypes," said lead researcher Scott Caplan. "I think what you would find in this population are going to be people who are in other ways less traditional than the majority population."
The respondents received an in-game item in exchange for completing a web-based questionnaire about their gaming habits and lifestyles, which has led some to question to the validy of the results.
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FenixSS
December 24, 2008 at 1:18pm
I'm thinking, "What a nice way to get other gamers to sign on to EQ II :P"
Pyrophorics
December 24, 2008 at 8:51am
Interestingly enough, my GF actually started playing MMO's with me after we got together...
She is bi curious.
Keith E. Whisman
December 24, 2008 at 1:07pm
A lot of girls are bi curious. I've never been with a girl that didn't mind kissing another girl. But I myself could never kiss another man. Just couldn't happen.
GFC
December 24, 2008 at 8:45am
The problem is, that there's also the 5:1 ratio of on-line women being men.. So i don't really believe this one.
I can also check the boxes "Sex: Female; Sexuality: Bi", but that doesn't actually make me one.
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