[billyvg]

"The significance is essentially that women are rare, and males take any chance they get to flirt with any good looking girls who end up playing the game."

I fail to see the significance of this, how does a male flirting with a female in an MMO benefit the guild at all? In fact I would even say that having females in the guild is more detrimental to the guild. You have a bunch of males trying to flirt with that one "good looking" girl in the guild, and what do you get? Drama. And that drama eventually leads into the downfall of the guild.

I don't think you can compare the environment of a professional setting with that of a video game (in this case at least).

[whatwhatwhat]

I think the implication is that the presence of women leads to higher performance among men, as well as any other traits that women contribute to the group. I think it's a give and take overall, and I bet women get better around men too. We are symbiotic after all. ;)