Sexism, in my geekery?

[sunny_bexster]

I'll likely be rambling in this post. Feel free to skip over it.

Has anyone ever experienced any really bad sexism in geeky fandom that they wish to share.

I think I've been quite lucky. Yes, I've been stared at in RPG Bookshops by men who fit the sterotypical 'geek' profile, but I've also had very intense, respectful conversations with other male

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[commisar]

Depends on the sphere of nerdom. you cant realy talk about Nerds being sexist in general. Some are far more then others.

Girls are so rare in Wargaming they feel the need to post guides like this "http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2011/08/girls-etiquette-for-gaming-ogling.html" on popular war-games blogs.

(And sometimes menfolk post now imfimous articles like ( http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2010/02/anatomy-of-gamer-girl-part-1.html ) that one.

Cosplay is a surpriseing one, since I think Females now outnumber males in that perticular sphere. So. If they want to dress like Sailor Moon...? More power to them? I guess?

[silvey]

I think cosplay's a funny one, actually, and that there is a LOT of sexism in it, or at least body politicking. Within the hardcore community it's not as bad as it's about costume constuction for them, but in the anime community in a wider sense there's a definite premium on being a thin woman wearing a revealing outfit. It doesn't take a genuis to work it out, you just need to see who the photograhpers flock around

[sunny_bexster]

I get where you're coming from entirely