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Comic-Con 2015 & gender parity: Here's why the geek stereotype will soon be dead. By Michael Cavna July 7 at 2:00 PM Follow @comicriffs https:llarchive.islXuBNO Fans by Gender and Relationship Status Non-binary Other 2% 49% 49% Male Female Gender Graphic courtesy of Rob Salkowitz Eventbrite THE STEREOTYPE persists, despite being as archaic as a codpiece packed in Spandex. When the pop-culture circus comes to town, the conventional thinking about nerd conventions goes, the immature, soft-tissue male emerges from his parents' basement and treks to the showroom floor, geekin,g out to collectibles and comic art almost exclusively with members of his same chromosomal tribe Part of killing the stereotype through research is understanding that "nerd culture" is so much more vast, of course, than mainstream superhero comics "But when you start to break it down according to how fans identify themselves, we find that no individual fandom is that even," continues Salkowitz, who will discuss his findings Sunday afternoon at Comic-Con "Comics, videogaming, hobby gaming and toy collecting are majority male, usually in the 55- to 60-percent range. Manga/anime, science fiction/fantasy and media fandom are 60- to 65-percent female. Because today's big conventions appeal to fans of everything, audiences coming to shows are pretty much gender-balanced. However, it's still the case that, say, 'comics' fandom tends more toward older guys, whereas manga appeals more to younger women." Part of what changed, MacDonald says, "is the overall acceptance of nerd culture' to the point where it's the major part of pop culture. It seems like the parts of the media that aren't touched by comic-book culture are dwindling into a small ivory tower. Seeing women more involved is no surprise, because the Avengers, for instance, are meant for everyone." Amid this shift, though, what will happen to any residual prejudice and lingering misogyny that will surely become more exposecd and less tolerated:? "That said, there's a difference between being the old guy telling the kids to get off his lawn, and harassing and stalking women online," Salkowitz says. "The stuff that's gone on around Gamergate is so plainly unacceptable, it's hard to believe it has any defenders. Comics has its problems, to be sure, but the misogynistic behavior doesn't seem as systematic, self- righteous and agenda-driven as that." REINVENTING COMICS How Imagination and Technol0g Are tevolutionizing an Art For Besides, Gender Parity isn't necessarily the final destination for this engine of change SCOTT McCLOUD AUTHOK R UNDERSTANDING COMIOS (1st Perennial /William Morrow

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Gamergate (harassment campaign) Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Gamergate (disambiguation). Gamergate or GamerGate (GG)[¹] was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. [2][³] It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.[1][4][5][6] Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, among others.[7][8][9][10][11] The harassment campaign included doxing, r--- threats, and death threats.[12][13][14] Gamergate proponents ("Gamergaters") stated that they were a social movement, but lacked well-defined goals, a coherent message, and leaders, making Gamergate difficult to define.[15][16][17] Gamergaters claimed to promote ethics in video games journalism, claimed to be protecting the "gamer" identity, and opposed what they asserted as "political correctness" in video games.[18][19][20][21][22] Read Date Target Gamergate, online harassment campaign in 2014-15 that targeted women in the video game industry. The attacks were attributed largely to white male right-wing gamers who railed against the rise and influence of women and feminism in the industry. Gamergate served as a recruiting tool for the growing alt-right movement and helped spur the online “Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which soon spawned the wider QAnon conspiracy movement. …………………………....…..……….…..... Attack type Victims Motive View source Inquiry XA 28 languages ✓ Perpetrators Internet trolls, particularly from 4chan, Internet Relay Chat, and 8chan View history Tools ✓ Gamergate August 2014 - 2015 Women in the video game industry See all media Online harassment campaign Zoë Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others Gamergaters created conspiracy theories falsely accusing Quinn of an unethical relationship with video game journalist Nathan Grayson.[23][24][25] More broadly, they alleged unethical collusion between the press and feminists, progressives, and social critics.[17][26] [27] These claims were widely dismissed as trivial, conspiracy theories, baseless, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics in gaming and journalism.[28] [29][30] Gamergate supporters frequently denied that the harassment took place, falsely claiming it to be manufactured by the victims.[31][32] Misogyny anti-feminism anti- progressivism FBI investigation Gamergate has been described as a culture war over cultural diversification, artistic recognition, feminism in video games, social criticism in video games, and the social identity of gamers.[28][33] [34] [35] Many supporters of Gamergate opposed the increasing influence of feminism and so-called "social justice warriors" on video game culture. [2][36] Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. [37] [38] [39] [40] Gamergate has been viewed as a contributor to the alt-right and other right- wing movements.[21][41] Video game developer Brianna Wu
Jalen Hutchinson Studied Culinary Science at Culinary Institute of America (Graduated 2014). Author has 304 answers and 740.1K answer views. 5y Not that I care that much either way, but it did expose a lot of corrupt game developers and game journalists. X Journalists would make claims of people like Anita Sarkeesian "playing video games all her life" when she openly admitted many times she is not a gamer and only starter recently (when it wasn't for an interview). Various developers trading sex or money for good reviews got exposed, journalists who accepted got exposed. People became a bit more critical about supporting a game just because the developer has a victim complex stating tat their game could have only failed because of sexism, instead of their own poor developing skills. What really sealed the deal was opposition often faking their own harassment. Anita sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn have been caught multiple times screenshotting "harassment" while showing that the harrasser's account name in the login. Or when someone called the police to help Sarkeesian against a "very real threat" she was posting about, only for police to find the harasser's messages were coming from her IP address. I just want honesty from the community, and the lies were mostly exposed by the "dreaded" gamergate. 1.3K views • View upvotes 26
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The irony is that the stereotype only persisted so long because no one in the "main stream" ever investigated sooner. You could probably blame the rise of comic movies and Dr.Who for making it popular and therefore giving people a reason to look and see that it isn't all guys (which it hasn't been for a bit longer than this author is likely aware).
Assuming I misused the word "irony" a second ago, the real irony is that attacking gamergate like that it playing to the stereotype they just tried to disprove.

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"it's hard to believe it has any defenders"

Maybe Gamergate has supporters because some people can see that "nerd culture" is a fine enough place as is and doesn't need to change itself to appeal to SWJs who will never pick up a video game or comic in their life.

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