As a nerd, I feel that it is my duty to try and see what information I can dig up on women in nerd culture. I remember from a long while an interesting article on male privilege and the role of women in the subgroup that I read and tried to dig it up. You can read it here.
After reading this article, I can completely agree that even though the men are stereotyped in places such as videogames and comic books, they do not experience nearly as many negative stereotypes or are objectified as much as women despite how geeks tend to claim they have an open and non-judgemental atmosphere.
In addition, his point that girls in geek culture are first seen as girls and not geeks points to the fact that there is definitelyu not equality in the mix.
Overall, it is a very amusing and informative read. I highly recommend you read it.
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