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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: A Question of Gender
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Jay Goemmer (jgoemmer@micron.net) wrote:
>    Since human personalities are fairly complex, and each of us has 
> a mixture of both "masculine" and "feminine" qualities (the quotation 
> marks are for the "Politically Correct"),

I don't know what "Politically Correct" means.

> I'm sure that concentrating 
> on the character's awareness of their surroundings, etc., would be a 
> good way to carry it off.  I think you could focus on similar areas 
> that are traditionally perceived as belonging to our "feminine" sides 
> without saying outright, "You [the player] are female." 

Uh, since we all have such qualities, doesn't that mean that this *won't* 
give any clue which gender the player is?

--Z

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