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A study was conducted by Dr. Cuihua Shen, from the University of California, and Dr. Rabindra Ratan, from Michigan State University. They wanted to know if men were better gamers than women. “There’s a long-held stereotype that men are simply better gamers than women. Women gamers are often perceived as being incompetent players who aren’t genuinely interested in the games, but rather sign up to get attention. Furthermore, if a female gamer does play well, she’s often derided as a hacker, someone who cheats to gain an advantage- because there is no way a girl can be that good.” The doctors compared how quickly men and women levelled up in Massively Multiplayer Online games. They chose the games Everquest II in the United States and Chevaliers III in China. “If men were actually better gamers than women, they should advance to higher levels within the same amount of play.” The findings, however, showed that gender itself did not cause performance differences. They found that women did spend less time playing overall than men, they chose characters that are more assistive, and were more drawn to social interaction and helping others. “However, they found women advanced at least as fast as men did in both games.”~