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Girls and flying -- an interesting experience with the Kiwi
Jay Honeck writes:
While I believe this is true, video game makers have spent years and billions trying to figure out why girls make up something less than 10% of the total video game market. They are probably 10% of the market because they are less than 10% of the game designers and developers. Boys write games that are interesting to boys. There are spectacular exceptions, such as The Sims (which is also among the best-selling video games overall, even though it's still only a tiny fraction of the market). Interestingly, this figure is pretty close to the percentage of *real* pilots. Piloting also seems to be something that appeals to mainly boys. Operating machines and vehicles always seems to appeal to boys more than girls. There's either a social stigma for girls, or they are just wired differently -- but I'm glad the Kiwi seems to have crossed that line, at least with early teenaged girls. They are wired differently, as a group. However, individual variations in personality are much larger than the wired-in differences between the sexes, which means that, while it's always true that large groups of girls and boys will show the same preferences, you cannot depend on this to predict the preferences of an individual boy or girl. Thus, there are always a few girls who are just as enthusiastic about flight as any boy--but they always represent a minority of girls overall. Early teenaged girls are awash in testosterone, which can slightly alter their behavior. Girls younger than puberty are not yet worried about finding partners, which can also alter their preferences. However, this is just speculation. I don't know why early teenaged girls would enjoy simulation, but as long as it's true, perhaps it's best not to ask any questions. One does wonder how many of them might feel inspired to actually pursue flight in real aircraft, though. It would be interesting to gather this same group of girls in five years, just to watch the dynamics as they fly the Kiwi Version 5.0, and see if their enthusiasm have changed with age. It probably will have changed. My guess is that they will be less interested, but time will tell. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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