When logging into a MMO, some men like to play with women characters and some women like to play with men. It seems like a simple thing and not much you can really draw from it, but Richard Bartle finds the results of that study "sad." So what's so sad about those facts?

From the article:

Nottingham Trent University's recent study, that found 70 percent of females and 54 percent of males prefer to play as the opposite gender, is the sort of online worlds story that the media absolutely loves. But Richard Bartle, arguably the father of online worlds, says on his blog that it makes him "sad."

He argues that the study is being used to push a stereotype of women being treated badly online, for one thing, as he saw a Guardian headline that read: "Sexual Harassment is Rife Online - No Wonder Women Swap Gender."

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