[ SECRET POST #3343 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3343 ⌋

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Comments

Why do men and women tend to have different fandom styles?

[(Anonymous)]

Women tend to lean more towards fanfic and things like that, while men tend to lean more towards discussions (think reddit-style threads). Why?

Re: Why do men and women tend to have different fandom styles?

[(Anonymous)]

lol

i've heard that's because entertainment caters to me more so they can just discuss it

where as women explore the what ifs and make fanworks

but really i have no clue; for a while most of my fandom hangouts were split about even gender wise

Re: Why do men and women tend to have different fandom styles?

[(Anonymous)]

I dunno about in general, but my earliest and most long-lasting fandom is mostly women with a couple of men, and had really active message boards/forums, along with fanfic, cosplay, you name it. Then the forums went down, fandom migrated to tumblr, and organized discussion went poof.

Also, there's a lot of discussion and articles out there pointing out that men tend to be cataloging/collecting fans, and women creative/transformative fans, because more canons cater to straight cis white men than, well, anyone else. Women and minorities tweak canon to suit them, hence fanfic, because canon doesn't cater to them. I dunno how true that is, but it's interesting.

Re: Why do men and women tend to have different fandom styles?

[(Anonymous)]

I just read an article about the divide between curative and transformative fandom a couple of days ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gallifrey/comments/2u73cg/tumblrbashing_why_or_why_not/

Re: Why do men and women tend to have different fandom styles?

[(Anonymous)]

Huh? The height of my fandom days were in LJ, and that was female-dominated, and basically all discussion.

I think it literally just has to do with spaces, for one. Since blog-style areas tend to be associated with women, more women go there. I've also been on male-dominated spaces - like, official game forums and such, and yeah, the conversation reflects the different style of outlet, I think.

It might be more socially acceptable for women to write fanfic and make fanart, but I'd say that very tentatively because guys have been doing it for just as long. I think it remains a matter of, Fanfiction.net and the like tend to be female dominated, and so does Deviantart (this is just generally speaking, there are large male populations at both places). And advertising fic and art is much easier and more socially acceptable to do on LJ/tumblr type platforms, not Internet forums and such. It's just the culture of the place you interact at, I think. And sociologically speaking it's not too surprising that people either a) feel more comfortable around their own gender or, b) do what their (same-gendered) friends do, and tag along with their crowds.

Re: Why do men and women tend to have different fandom styles?

[(Anonymous)]

The two forums I've ever been on (for Highlander: The Series and LotR fandoms) seemed to be female-majority and most of the meta posts I've read seemed to be written by women. I think it depends on the fandom and the community.

Re: Why do men and women tend to have different fandom styles?

[(Anonymous)]

Socialization.

Re: Why do men and women tend to have different fandom styles?

[ariakas]

Ye Olde LJ was significantly more meta/discussion, but the tumblr format and the ensuing female-dominated shift to tumblr killed it.