"With record numbers of women...becoming avid video gamers"
Baloney. Where is this myth coming from? Go into any gaming store in the mall or the XBOX section of best buy/circuit city and find one girl who's actually playing or looking at a game.
Most likely marketing.
Um...you'll find me.
And I'm not the only one. Almost every time I go, I see a fair number of women there.
Rosie and Oprah can kiss all our skinny butts!
I know quite a few adult women that do play games, mostly MMORPG's but then, most of them have gamer husbands that gave them the bug..