<p>I wouldn’t qualify computer gaming as an “EC” for most people. For your son, yes, because he’s programming his own games and CREATING. For most people, it involves sitting there punching buttons and that’s it. Not a lot of personal input or creativity, you’re beating the boss monster the same way thousands of other people beat the boss monster. I’m not putting down gaming–I’m female and enjoy playing computer games myself–but it is what it is.</p>
<p>There is definitely more of a male gamer “culture.” That said, the best-selling computer game franchise of all times, The Sims series, has a majority of female players.</p>