I didn't even notice this for the longest time - didn't notice that my favorite characters were almost all male, let alone ask why. And then came hard SF, which made the "NO GIRLS ALLOWED" thing so explicit even I had to see it.
And then came fandom. And even then it took me years and years to figure out what was behind my fierce love and fierce defense of this genre and community.
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I didn't even notice this for the longest time - didn't notice that my favorite characters were almost all male, let alone ask why. And then came hard SF, which made the "NO GIRLS ALLOWED" thing so explicit even I had to see it.
And then came fandom. And even then it took me years and years to figure out what was behind my fierce love and fierce defense of this genre and community.