I'm kind of irked at seeing people pointing and saying "Male Oppression!" without real cause to.
I think the real cause is that a male board of directors and investors are trying to make money off the gift economy created by a fan fic-writing population that is, at last survey, 90+ percent female, while brushing off female fans' inquiries about their business, yet taking the time to answer a male fan at length. I'm sure Henry Jenkins' academic credentials were a huge factor also in his being taken seriously, but it still tastes like sexism to the female fans who were discussing this in grown-up fashion and got a childish rant from the CEO, followed by a brush-off.
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I think the real cause is that a male board of directors and investors are trying to make money off the gift economy created by a fan fic-writing population that is, at last survey, 90+ percent female, while brushing off female fans' inquiries about their business, yet taking the time to answer a male fan at length. I'm sure Henry Jenkins' academic credentials were a huge factor also in his being taken seriously, but it still tastes like sexism to the female fans who were discussing this in grown-up fashion and got a childish rant from the CEO, followed by a brush-off.