U.S. Women Play Video Games As Much As The Men Do

US Women As Likely As Men to Play Video Games: Study

AFP | December 12, 2015

Despite widespread belief, women are just about as likely as men to have ever played video games, a Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday revealed.
The Washington-based social research institute reported that 60 percent of those surveyed believed video game players were more likely to be men.
But Pew said "data showed that a nearly identical share of men and women report ever playing video games," at exactly half of men and 48 percent of women.

Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/12/15/gaming-and-gamers/

<more at http://www.france24.com/en/20151215-us-women-likely-men-play-video-games-study; related links: http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/12/15/gaming-and-gamers/ (Gaming and Gamers. 49% of American adults ever play video games, and 10% consider themselves gamers. Public attitudes toward games – and the people who play them – are complex and often uncertain. December 15, 2015) and http://observer.com/2015/12/gaming-isnt-just-a-guy-thing-pew-research-says/ (Gaming Isn’t Just a ‘Guy Thing,’ Pew Research Says. Your middle-aged mother has joined your teenage brother in playing video games. December 16, 2015)>