Boy put that game down!

So while going around the news sites today I came across an article that basically touted that video games are a possible but indirect cause for the decline in males receiving degrees. While this seems odd for me to post something about males and gaming, this does relate to females and gaming too. A "study" was conducted and the conclusion was that males become addicted to games and thus fall behind in their studies. (Click on the link to read the full article)

"Robert Weis and Brittany C Cerankosky of Denison University measured a group of boys' academic baseline achievement and surveyed their parents and teachers as well. They then gave half the boys video-game units. Boys receiving the video-game stations experienced an academic nosedive. The control group of boys without video games continued with solid schoolwork. This established the cause-and-effect relationship." Taken from University World News.

My question for this article and my linking it to females, is why in this case study did they not perform the same trial on a group of females? It seems biased to say that females do not become as addicted to video games when you don't conduct the test or study on a group of girls to come to said conclusion.

More and more woman are emerging in this market and articles like this, while yes it promotes that woman are doing well in school and apparently don't have video games to blame, it also seems to be denying women gamers too. With out a fair and equal case study that had a group of girls that were giving video games and girls that were not it is biased to say that only boys become addicted to games and then begin to fail in their studies.

While I do pat myself on the back for being one of those females that was able to attain a degree, I did it with a huge video game addiction. I know that I am only one female but I also know that there are many more just like me that have done the same.