I was dropping off some information about Leviosa, our Youth Scholarship Program and our currently open Call For Programming at Santa Clara University the other day.
When I swung by the Sociology Department, I mentioned to the department Secretary that maybe a good study would be why most Sci-Fi and Sci-Fi/Fantasy cons tend to be over 50% male, but Harry Potter conferences tend to be about 80-85% female. She brought up the fact of romance, to which I mentioned the origins of Slash and just as much romance fanfiction is written for Sci-Fi. Then she mentioned Harry Potter was a "children's book" to which I reminded her that so was The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings series, yet still, those tend to be more heavily male populated. So she said she's bring to some of the professors attentions.
Are you working in a capacity to research or look into such a phenomenon?
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Date: 2016-03-06 01:17 am (UTC)When I swung by the Sociology Department, I mentioned to the department Secretary that maybe a good study would be why most Sci-Fi and Sci-Fi/Fantasy cons tend to be over 50% male, but Harry Potter conferences tend to be about 80-85% female. She brought up the fact of romance, to which I mentioned the origins of Slash and just as much romance fanfiction is written for Sci-Fi. Then she mentioned Harry Potter was a "children's book" to which I reminded her that so was The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings series, yet still, those tend to be more heavily male populated. So she said she's bring to some of the professors attentions.
Are you working in a capacity to research or look into such a phenomenon?