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Via Shacknews

Via Lucidlan 

The folks over at Stanford Medical School say they have an answer to why more boys play video games than girls: It’s territorial.

In a funny article by the Standford Daily, Fumiko Hoeft, a researcher in the study, says a man’s fascination with video games can be attributed to their innate territoriality, a trait that is more pronounced in men than in women.

What’s hysterical about the story is the students’ responses. Remember these are going to be the future leaders of the free world, and they say ridiculous things like, “Men are inherently more aggressive and competitive than women. Men are pressured more to be the alpha male…Itâ€™s leftover from mating, where the male has to fight for the best woman.” Oh really? Hmm, have they heard of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton?

Another generalization: â€œGuys like first person games, like shooter. Girls like puzzles, like Tetris. Thereâ€™s actually a lot of market research showing that a lot of women like to play flash games or puzzle games â€” the kind of games you might see on Shockwave.com.â€ A few years ago, I would have agreed with this, but right now, there are some great female gamers out there that like those faster twitch games ie. the Frag Dolls and the San Francisco Optx’s Vanessa Arteaga.

The person who makes the most sense in the article is Ruven Chu who says, â€œTo be honest, I think itâ€™s a cultural thing. A lot of girls, when they try video games, they actually really like it. Theyâ€™ve just never really tried it.”

