Is this really necessary to do? In my opinion, this is misogynistic of the gaming community and just shows how nerdy and adolescent/chauvinistic alot are. Is every picture that has a guy in it labelled/tagged with "boy/man" in it? So why should every photo with a woman in it be tagged with things like "girl" "hot" "chick" etc... People should get over the fact that yes, there are women that play board games too, why must it be focused on so much

I don’t believe it they are a figment of the diseased imaginations of male gamers.

I'd be happy to see the tagging system removed entirely (or severely modified), as I think it's exploited far too often. Plenty of times I have seen not just images, but geeklists, and all sorts of things, tagged with some sort of offensive, defamatory, or otherwise passive agressive label. The original poster is powerless to remove inappropriate tags, the tagger gets to remain anonymous, and unfortunately, the tags generally appear above any comments, giving the inappropriate tags far too much attention.

Misogynistic is not to be confused with male-majority. It is a male-majority hobby, and guys tend to like seeing pictures of girls. Deleting the tags will not change this reality of it.

it objectifies women that like playing the games. no wonder too why alot won't play because of being focused on by nerdy desperate men

Not quite the same.

tagged with some sort of offensive, defamatory, or otherwise passive agressive label. The original poster is powerless to remove inappropriate tags, the tagger gets to remain anonymous

Regarding the anonymous bit, can't you always see who tagged something? (e.g. for images, by clicking on "view all", then the number next to the tag)

And what is it with the "beard" tag?
People should also get over the fact that bearded men play games too, why must it be obsessed over?

For a while, I was tagging *ALL* females no matter what age or appearance with the standard "girl", etc., tags. This was meant to be sort of a statement about the way that women get tagged, but after a while I decided nobody noticed or cared so I stopped.

Still, I'd like to see one or more of the following implemented:
1. The original poster can remove/disable tags.
2. Tags are only visible to the user who created the tag.
3. Tags are hidden by default.

it objectifies women that like playing the games. no wonder too why alot won't play because of being focused on by nerdy desperate men

I've always found the use of the word "girl" pretty offensive when the target of said word is clearly a woman, so I've added a lot of "boy" tags to pictures of beards men. But I got bored after a while.

I don't think being called attractive objectifies people. It objectifying if they think "being attractive" sums the person up entirely (as in, "we invite her just 'cuz she's pretty"). Considering it's a picture, image is pretty much all there is to it, so being attractive is a big deal in pictures.

But then again, I'm not too big on terminological feminism, on why "seminal work" shouldn't be used anymore because it's a misogynistic word (the word comes from semen... but which in itself comes from seed)

I don't actually care much particularly if women play games or not, what I want is good opponents, whatever gender/race/nationality/creed they may be.

If you think the hobby is populated by desperate men and this really bothers you, you should perhaps find another hobby, since I don't really think the key demographic will ever change.

Misogynistic is not to be confused with male-majority. It is a male-majority hobby, and guys tend to like seeing pictures of girls. Deleting the tags will not change this reality of it.

If you think the hobby is populated by desperate men and this really bothers you, you should perhaps find another hobby, since I don't really think the key demographic will ever change.

The problem is lots of tags are useful.

I actually don't have an opinion yet about the tags. The majority male thing is another matter. The lowest common denominator prevails at times here. It's not about a majority of males, however. It's about a specific type. As in adolescent minded.



I'm a member of four gaming groups in a fifty mile radius around my home. Sure, some gamers are "odd," but I don't think I can think of a single person who'd I think of as a "desperate male" (e.g. hormonally driven/adolescent minded.). That's something I only see here. Maybe I'm lucky enough to not be around these desperate male types. If I had I'd never have gotten this involved in gaming.