Interesting rant. Have you considered that the reason most players assume a female avatar is played by a male player is because that is actually the norm. For instance, World of Warcraft estimates that their player base is 84% male and 16% female. This tends to track with my experience for MMOs where I would [...]

Thanks for the links, but they were pretty much what I had found. The Fortson article is just a review of a Coleman speech where she said that ‘Microfinance, or “putting money in women’s hands,” may make a difference to a country’s development as well, she said. Coleman referred to a study that showed while [...]