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24 characters, 5 of them female.
Hate the stupid game at the best of times.

If there was a 50/50 split then the 1st question would always be are you a boy/girl and the game would be over more quickly. I'll bet their is only 5 or 6 of any distinguishing features

Armydad; so being female is a 'distinguishing feature', but being male isn't?
The idea that man are the default and women the aberration is problematic at best.

I haven't thought about this game in years, but the fact there weren't many women but lots of men annoyed me.

so being female is a 'distinguishing feature', but being male isn't?

Well obviously ...

It's Guess Who, the first question is generally always are you a male/female?

If it is a female. Then thats 19 people out of 24 eliminated already.

Honeybadger - are you on glue ?

It's a standard first question in Guess Who - it matters not a jot if you ask if it's a woman, or if it's a man - it just cuts out a lot of the characters

Wearing a hat ? always cut a few out, from what I remember.

On another note, the general quality of the game is very poor now. I'm sure it was more sturdy when I was younger.

Maybe the gender divide was because you can have slightly more distinguishing facial features on men such as moustaches and beards

Quite obvious why when you think about it, how many bald women with a beard do you meet in your day to day life? Not many? It is a game where you can only see a face and hair, most women don't usually make a feature of their facial hair or go bald. Using more men gives more options

oh and women dont wear earings or necklaces?

long hair, short hair, curly or straight?

I don't think you can see necklaces. As a game for small children a giant beard or tash is more obvious than a pair of earrings

They do use earrings for both men and women but the pics don't have anything but a head so there are no necklaces

ours is a tesco version, has about 50/50

very annoying though because it is really small and I can't see eye colour on it

I'm pretty sure there are enough combinations of hat/glasses/earrings/blond hair/brown hair/black hair/ginger hair/pink hair/green hair/long hair/short hair/curly hair/straight hair/eye colour/lip type/nose type etc. to be able to differentiate 30 women without any of them needing to be bald or have a beard!

We have the 'extra' version here. It's about 50/50. Then there are five other character sets you can swap in, with animals, monsters, household appliances. I can't comment on the gender of the white goods.