my friend and knife killed me in the back.
Well I was a little surprised, and a bit upset
that my giggling-bush hiding technique was
ineffective!
Sian: Have you ever felt you’ve been
treated differently because you’re female?
Carly: You would be surprised how many
girls there are in airsoft. There are three girls
that go to my favourite site regularly and
when I go around the country playing there
are at least two girls at each site.
Carrie: The most surprising thing I
remember was the reaction of an alreadyestablished female regular. I think it’s
becoming increasingly common now
for women to participate in what have
traditionally been male-dominated hobbies,
which can only be a good thing. But it
seems that a lot of the women who do
partake get a kick out of being The Token
Female – consequently they aren’t terribly
welcoming towards female newbies. A
female friend of mine who’s into LARP once
jokingly referred to this as ‘the alpha female
effect’.
I arrived on site in a fairly large group
which included three other female first-
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