Reddit mentions of Sex Differences: Summarizing More than a Century of Scientific Research

There are tons of research on differences in gender (sex, really) that explains why men are more likely to like certain genres and women more likely to prefer other genres.

One very well-researched sex difference is the difference in the people - things dimension. Males - humans as well as other primates - are more interested in things and in abstract systems and females are more interested in other individuals and social relations.

This is exactly what you see in game preferences: games like SimLife are overwhelmingly played by women, and abstract / highly technical games like Eve Online are played almost exclusivly by men.

Another rock-solid sex difference is in competition: men are much more competitive than women. This is also seen in the choice of games: many more men play PvP games, racing games and sports games whereas women prefer games where there are no competitors, like puzzle and trivia games.

There are also lots of other documented differences that matter, like spacial ability, aggression and so on...

If you want to read something about this hot-button topic that's good, you better steer clear of the hot takes, -- the hotter the take, the dumber it is, a lot of the time. (I'll leave the question of why the hell are the most popular pieces about this are so flagrantly ideological, and anti-scientific for another day...) Try flipping through this: https://www.amazon.ca/Sex-Differences-Summarizing-Scientific-Research/dp/0805859594