More lady gamers in RPG's?

Yesterday I was doing something and instead found myself reading this article (this happens way more frequently than I care to admit)  "Researchers find that female PC gamers outnumber males."  My first reaction was "huh?"  That just doesn't seem right.  Male gamers have always outnumbered women.  So I kept reading (it's a really short article) and discovered that they were mostly talking about RPG's and that their definition of "RPG's" was fairly broad (so broad, in fact, that it includes many casual games found on Facebook).  I found these facts intriguing.  I've played games with guys and girls but always with a much higher percentage of guys.  The part that I didn't like were all the negative comments at the end of the article.  These comments seemed to revolve around the theme of women not really being "gamers" if they mostly played casual games.  There also seemed to be a lot of vitriol around women being "gamers."

Is casual gaming really gaming?  I say sure!  I know some people who are seriously dedicated to playing Candy Crush or Farmville.  Does that make them less of a gamer than someone who plays Call of Duty or World of Warcraft?  Most of the commentee's from that article seem to steer towards casual gamers not really being gamers  Just accept it people (male people) that casual games are "games" and that women enjoy playing them.  There are probably people somewhere in the world who spend a serious amount of time playing them.

I didn't enjoy all the negativity towards female gamers in this article.  What's wrong with girls who want to be "gamers?"  Guys have been the pre-dominant gamers for a long time, but this is changing.  I played World of Warcraft for 6+ years with both guys and girls.  One of my 10-man raid teams was equally split--5 women and 5 men.  There was nothing weird about it (all such cool people) and we had a blast.  The lady members of the team were just as valuable as the males and probably some of the best players I ever played with.

Guys, it's time to accept that gaming is changing.  Stop complaining, you know you secretly get excited when you find out it's a girl playing (because there are so many GIRL gamers out there--guy in real life).  Don't you want to play a game with your girlfriends/wives?  Gaming is no longer the "man cave" it used to be.