Ezri wrote:This is my last post on this topic. If you do not like my arguments, fine.
It's not that I have a problem with your arguments. I simply fail to see what they have to do with the topic at hand. I understand that some role playing groups get a bit snippy about sexuality, but I have never been in one. Same sex relationships have come up in nearly every simm I have been on and the only thing ever said about it was "no sex scenes". The was never any question about the sexual orientation of the players.
In my view the actual sexual orientation of the player has little to do with the sexual orientation of the character. A straight male could play a gay male and vis versa.
To say that a man could not play a women is about the same as saying a man could not play a gay male. There is a level of difference between the two characters, but not in the player.
Also we have somewhat skipped the idea of a trans-gender player. Would it only be appropriate for such a person to play a trans-gender character or would they be able to play a male or female.
This topic is so much more than about sexuality. What it really boils down to in my mind is the question "is it possible to understand what motivates the opposite gender well enough to role play that gender?"
Based off of the comments in the thread thus far the answer seems clear.
Yes, but it takes a certain type of person to be able to do it well.
Ezri, please don't take this as a personal attack, I simply wish to keep this topic on topic and not go into the muddy waters of forum politics like every other thread about sexuality has.