Sex swap game of online gamers
Online gamers frequently choose characters of the opposite sex, university research found.
The study discovered that 68% of women who played computer games online have chosen male characters, often to ward off unwanted attention from men or to gain the upper hand over opponents.
Meanwhile, more than half of men who played games online adopted a female persona so they could "flirt" with other characters or avoid being targeted by fellow gamers, the Nottingham Trent University study found.
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05 March 2008 8:08 AM
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