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UK Female Sci-Fi Viewers Now Outnumber Males

Posted by Zonk on from the better-stories-longer-skirts dept.

mosel-saar-ruwer writes "The UK Telegraph is reporting that, due to the popularity of Buffy, Lara Croft, and Xena, female sci-fi viewers now outnumber males, at 51%-49%. From the article: 'People have an impression of sci-fi fans being small men who sit in the dark watching Star Trek but it's not like that now ... There has been an increase in positive female role models, whereas in Star Trek, all the women were either aliens or wore short skirts.'"

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  1. Sci-Fi!? by dextroz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    None of what you mentioned in your post are true "sci-fi". And hey, don't tell me to RTFA because you just focked up in you 12, 13 and 16th words!

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  2. One major flaw by kentrel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Buffy, Lara Croft and Xena are FANTASY characters. Not sci-fi. Fantasy has always been a genre that appealed more to women than men, long before these characters were created.