@IRLGoat
(Using phone so direct quotes is a huge hassle)

Gaming is one of the few areas that I agree that women are clearly getting the shorter end of the stick. At least in terms of community, I think most attacks on the games themselves are one-sided and largely unjustified.

Unlike most gender issues, the gaming community doesn't have much of a "Women may face X, but Men face Y". It really is a case of just women being discriminated against.

I agree with most of what you say. Con's, Online gaming, Magic Tournaments etc have a bit to work on in how they treat women as equals.

But I would like to note that for some guys the overly niceness may not be on purpose. These are generally male dominated areas. Many men in them barely interact with girls in their lives.

I think it's silly in the first place that a girl makes then act so much differently in the first place. But they aren't used to it. Trying to hard to be nice or adapt is bound to happen. Think of it like little kids being taught manners, they don't always mean to be rude or odd, they're trying not to. But it doesn't always come off the way they want it to.