Date: 2007-05-27 04:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] turelietelconta.livejournal.com
I think (and that's my personal opinion) that more women are dissatisfied about shows they are watching/books they are reading when there are missing scenes, what ifs, or total ignoring of one of the characters. They are trying to show parts of a character's life they are interested in, but that has been ignored in canon. They write the characters so that they can better identify with them.

Men are less likely to do so. That may be because most shows/books automatically assume the male POV. You can see that in shows that shall be targeted for a male audience in the middle of the running of the show (like ST:Voy) you can expect an increase in explosions, fighting scenes, (female) cleavage and a decrease in plot, and (not only romantic) relationships. Plus: A formerly strong and independent woman becomes either bitchy or dependent on the men. So perhaps you can say women read and write more fanfiction because there are less shows and books made with them in mind. And because of the "cultural prejudice" that makes a lot of modern media targeted to men, women started to make fanfiction targeted for other women, something they themselves would like to read. At least from what I know about fandom history it seemed it started like that.

As for the FanLib-relevancy, I've given you the link to an excellent post explaining things on another comment.

Fo me, the fact that it was seven men was the first clue that there was no much truth to their "by fans, for fans" rhetoric. Imagine building up an archive with six friends for all the fans. And then tell me how the odds are that all six fellow fans would be male.

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