# Why are there so many HGs genderlocked to male? **URL:** \ **Category:** Plaza\ **Created:** [December 7, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-hgs-genderlocked-to-male/47081 "2018-12-07T19:25:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![RETowers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/retowers/32/21477_2.png) [@RETowers](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/RETowers)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-hgs-genderlocked-to-male/47081/6 "2018-12-07T19:52:44Z")
Well, I wouldn’t say it’s because _genre_ per se, in so far as it’s because cishet white male is “default” in society. People see action and, without something to give a different context, we (and I mean we as in western society at large, regardless of our individual natures) have been _conditioned_ to percieve cishet white male it’s why… > [@Why are there so many HGs genderlocked to male?](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-hgs-genderlocked-to-male/35213/989): > > Representation that isn’t visible in the thing is not representation > [@Joshua\_Koch](#): > > For me personally I wouldn’t say I didn’t understand it so much as it made me feel a little unmoored and detached from the MC, but I notoriously self-insert into IF so maybe that had something to do with it. Right, and I think this may actually _be_ a significant factor in why there are so many games genderlocked to male. Many authors do the exact same thing, and, in absence of a reason to do otherwise, they just make the PC presumed duplicates of themselves. (Of course, it can’t be the only explanation because at least one game genderlocked male was written by a woman, but I think it’s a major factor.) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-hgs-genderlocked-to-male/47081)._