army1987 comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 18, chapter 87 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: Alsadius 22 December 2012 07:55AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 23 December 2012 11:36:24AM 4 points [-]

emotionally investing in naratives that have been basically woven whole cloth from what is essentially a random number generator

Video games and gambling also are more stereotypically masculine, and I can't think of any stereotypically feminine thing in that reference class, so you might be on to something.

Comment author: Alsadius 24 December 2012 12:49:16AM 2 points [-]

Also, the more stereotypically-female forms of gambling are things like slots, which have no narrative, while men stereotypically go for the more narrative games like poker.