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x_losNerds And Male Privilege: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/12/nerds-and-male-privilege/
Nerds And Male Privilege Part 2: The Arguments: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/01/nerds-and-male-privilege-part-2-the-arguments/comment-page-2/#comments
I like these articles, but find it a bit weird that people seem to think women aren’t already HEAVILY involved in geek culture/fandom. They are, hugely, they just don’t hang out at the same cons/stores–what’s livejournal and such if not an intensely female dominated fandom space? It’s actually a bit marginalizing how otherwise interesting articles about sexism in geek culture sometimes, in the service of defining the scale of the problem, speak as though these communities don’t exist, when they’re MASSIVE. Other than less sexism in the source canons (which we can all get behind because it’ll just produce better and more nuanced texts) and in places of buying geeky items (though I think Geek Ladiez mostly get that shit done online), is the end goal greater integration with geek male circles? Judging from a LOT of these commenters… why would we want that? :/
That said, I'm sorry if your fandom of choice means like, a lot of online gaming!! interaction with the male masses, because that's GOT to suck, and it does burn me that there's a massive pay and legitimacy gap between the activities of male and female fandom SMOF types.
Nerds And Male Privilege Part 2: The Arguments: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/01/nerds-and-male-privilege-part-2-the-arguments/comment-page-2/#comments
I like these articles, but find it a bit weird that people seem to think women aren’t already HEAVILY involved in geek culture/fandom. They are, hugely, they just don’t hang out at the same cons/stores–what’s livejournal and such if not an intensely female dominated fandom space? It’s actually a bit marginalizing how otherwise interesting articles about sexism in geek culture sometimes, in the service of defining the scale of the problem, speak as though these communities don’t exist, when they’re MASSIVE. Other than less sexism in the source canons (which we can all get behind because it’ll just produce better and more nuanced texts) and in places of buying geeky items (though I think Geek Ladiez mostly get that shit done online), is the end goal greater integration with geek male circles? Judging from a LOT of these commenters… why would we want that? :/
That said, I'm sorry if your fandom of choice means like, a lot of online gaming!! interaction with the male masses, because that's GOT to suck, and it does burn me that there's a massive pay and legitimacy gap between the activities of male and female fandom SMOF types.
