/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8879179
>Principal Celestial
>Equestria Girls

>>6424940
doesn't all of this just come down to how long the medium was indeed dominated by males?

I can understand this: comic and video game nerd-dom was something that was exclusive to a lot of people growing up. back when the medium didn't hit the main stream, many of the people who enjoyed said medium were labeled, and attacked because they simply liked to read about Spiderman in high school. They were the nerd through thick and thin, and it has become part of who they are. Its now a kind of identity they carry with pride now, especially with all the crap they had to go through.

Now that things once considered nerd-exclusive interests such as comic books, video games, anime, and manga has hit the main stream, those who know that they are the 'real nerds' find these new comers to be awkward, clueless, and at times, infuriating. Introduce a female to the equation; these are the people who didn't give nerd the time of day. The people who even shunned nerds for simply being the nerd. It has become accustomed to most nerds that the occasional female nerd is a rare thing, and almost unthinkable. As the medium previously dominated by men are becoming more available for a lot of demographics, I think its going through growing pains. There are genuinely fake, horrid, and infuriating people who call themselves 'nerds,' but that's fine. it means that the things we liked once exclusively is becoming more accepted. The audience is growing. Compared to a decade ago, the nerdy-nature is much more accepted than before. (comparatively, of course)

Please keep in mind, I do not ignore the existence of nerd females who were indeed there with the guys through the toughest of times, but I'm speaking in generalities. It was 99 percent male, and its slowly moving to incorporate more females. I think this is great and wonderful, but also acknowledge that the process will not be painless.

tl;dr embrace the new wave. Life is too short to draw lines.