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I don't intend to make this into a politicized gender discussion, but I can't help but wonder about the masculine dimension(s) of video games. I know there are women who play video games, but I can't but feel that most of them appeal to a "masculine" audience.
There are plenty of games that appeal to women, but no, not the majority. I don't think that that has anything to do with it though.
The original article was about how more men aren't working because of video games. This actually implies that they're not seeking higher difficulty and a higher volume of challenges; rather, it suggests that they're complacent with completing challenges in a virtual world with no real-world stakes.
Real world accomplishment looks pretty boring when you're weighing sitting at a school desk for years and years, and then grinding it at a shitty job while being told how shitty and also privileged you are vs taking over the world, fighting dragons etc. I was there for a ~year prior to going into the Marines. Fortunately I didn't have any family to coddle that behavior.