When did this change?

[barbarienne]

I am older than most of the young women who get metaphorically kicked in the teeth by the "fake geek girl" appellation. I'm sure age is a factor in that bullshit. The whole mess is based on the completely stupid notion that good-looking young women get into geekdom solely for the purpose of taking advantage of geek men

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[oneminutemonkey]

It's like...
geek guys should like geek girls who share their interests. Y'know? That's how you find people with whom you're compatible. I met my wife playing on a World of Darkness MUSH online back in 1995 or so, and I've been thankful ever since. Because how the hell else was I going to meet a girl with the right sort of interests...at a frat party? Hah, yeah.

This is why I am absolutely flabbergasted by this hostility towards girls who demonstrate an interest in comics and books and games and stuff.

[barbarienne]

Maybe these guys are still buying into the idea that they're supposed to be fucking the prom queen--and by "prom queen" I mean "1980s teen movie prom queen stereotype"--and haven't yet figured out that everything is a lot more fun with someone who shares one's interests.

I could understand it for the younger guys. They may still be in the dumb larva phase. It's the 30+-year-olds who puzzle me. Have these guys just completely given up and decided that they will never have sex?