What Is The World Of Warcraft Experience Like For Gamers Who Are Women?

If people know you're a girl, you begin to attract unsolicited attention from your male gaming counterparts. Just like everywhere else in the world, there are a lot of lonely people (of all genders) out there playing MMORPGs, but it's still predominantly male. So if everyone knows you're a "real" girl (yes, it's actually pretty common for guys to play female characters), it's sort of like wolves circling a straggling sheep. Even in my raiding guild, which is a pretty friendly group, there is a fairly constant stream of flirtation and innuendo even though everyone I'm playing with knows I'm married and have a bunch of kids. So you learn to develop boundaries.