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No, it appears that you are missing the point. The OP was suggesting that a role-playing fantasy game should not allow strong warrior women characters because
by gamblor956 2y ago
No, it appears that you are missing the point.
The OP was suggesting that a role-playing fantasy game should not allow strong warrior women characters because that would somehow not allow women to fantasize about being the character because women are weaker at the very extremes of strength so a strong female character is really somehow just a man.
But as demonstrated, strong females actually exist in the real world, and the sex-based strength differences are irrelevant unless the GM deliberately creates a scenario in which those differences matter, which would mean a scenario requiring a character to bench more than 450 pounds, squat more than 600 pounds, or deadlift more than 700 pounds (all of which are under the women's world records).
The argument about protecting "female physicality" is just a MRA argument that was soundly rejected by D&D because it has no basis in the real world, and thus no basis in a fantasy world filled with dragons and magic.
- Unbefleckt 2y agoAs a person that plays a female barbarian, what exactly makes you think strong female don't exist when women have lower base strength?
- gamblor956 2y agoAre you responding to the wrong comment? I've said multiple times that strong females exist in the real world, and that players should be allowed to role play as such in D&D if they want. The D&D team, and the community as a whole agrees with that. It's only a small portion of the internet that seems to be upset with allowing this sort of freedom to role play.