Ridley

Sorry, but this isn't apples and oranges. If your end goal is an inclusive or enjoyable game, people who skirt the line of what's acceptable (such as targeting and robbing new players specifically) impedes that far more than sexism, something that is both less frequent and more easily avoided (not using your microphone vs. being a new player.) Honestly this thread has no reason to exist at this point. The original poster fled, there's already a rule in place against OOC harassment and everything else is arguing semantics.

Robbing brand new players trying to fish (or do other mundane starting jobs) does more to chase people away than sporadic bouts of in-character sexism, but that's not going to go away. Just as an example. The point I'm making is whether you want to call it "Grand Theft Auto" or not, you are playing on a server that enables all manner of terrible, heinous crime. People can already be absolutely terrible here through their characters, undertaking every bad thing you can think of, and they get away with it all the time. Demonizing specific aspects of this crime-ridden environment, such as sexism or racism, is a truly pointless exercise. It's even more pointless when nobody can give any concrete examples or propositions for rule adjustments, other than vague demands to end bigotry. If players happen to express those sentiments in OOC, and you aren't okay with it, then there is already a rule you can cite to encourage the admin team to take action. Use it rather than limit the sort of characters you can play. God knows we don't need characters becoming even more generic than they already are.

You're right, I don't see any problem. Restricting rude, bigoted or unpleasant characters is senseless. We already have an ample server population of murderers and criminals, both petty and professional, already. Plenty of rapists, too. Enforcing etiquette should be the last thing on anybody's mind (at least in-character), yet here we are, sincerely arguing that female players/characters get special treatment because of their chromosomes. Honest question: Why is being bigoted worse than serious crime? Is it really that much worse if someone calls you "faggot" while holding you at gunpoint & making off with your car? If the OP is being harassed out-of-character for being a girl then yes, we should punish for that. But in-character I see no reason to ordain that a crime so heinous it's verboten.

Wow, I never thought about it that way. How could I have been so blind? Truly the freedom to brutally murder people, rob them or engage in life-ruining, community-destroying criminal enterprise is fine, but calling someone "nigger" or "faggot" when character-appropriate is simply too much for the Grand Theft Auto universe. And disrespecting women? I'm surprised there aren't massive penalties for that already, it's far worse than shooting somebody in the face for his wallet. Thank you for enlightening me.

I've seen no evidence whatsoever that the OP's issue is as commonplace as he's implied. I get the feeling we won't see any either. All I've seen is pleas to re-read posts that didn't make sense during the first read through, let alone several times after.

Are you complaining about OOC harassment or IC harassment? One is against the rules and the admin team can handle it; the other is something you can opt out of if it makes you uncomfortable. Both problems have solutions that you may use right now. And if you think these two options don't work, why would you demand more rules if the current ones are, apparently, not being enforced properly? This is why I mentioned earlier we're missing vital details. It's hard to sympathize with vague accusations of omnipresent sexism.

"It is prohibited to intimidate players from playing on the server or to continuously harass them in the game for OOC reasons to purposely make their game experience poor." There's the rule. If someone is breaking it somehow, like continuously annoying you OOC because you're a woman, you can file a complaint using the above.

If it's in-character for somebody to say "nigger" then I don't see an issue. Similarly, if it's in-character for somebody to catcall or harass women (and it probably will be; half of you roleplay blatant gang-bangers or people otherwise not known for proper etiquette) I still see no issue. This is Grand Theft Auto; it's a near-certainty you will roleplay with characters best described as the absolute detritus of human society. If parts of that make you uncomfortable you always have the power to leave that particular roleplay situation, or if the player insists on following you and being annoying, file a report to the admin team. What are they going to do? Cry because you wouldn't stick around and be called "roastie" or "cunt" fifty times? The only way to improve this situation is to cite a rule already in place: if someone is insufferable OOC, file a complaint against them. Anything further will just give certain groups or characters advanced privileges that don't do anything to improve RP.

Sounds like there's nothing to "fix" then. Take care.

What exactly did you try? Did you leave the character/group who was annoying you behind, then find roleplay someplace else? If they followed you, did you try doing what what make sense in real life (calling the police)? If you told the players you were uncomfortable OOCly, and they continued harassing you anyway, did you file any kind of complaint? What constitutes "sexist aggression" to you? There's a big absence of vital information here.