Does anyone know or what would your best guess be when it comes to the ratio of male/female readers of Sci-Fi/Fantasy? I would think fantasy appeals to more women whereas sci-fi appeals to more guys. I ask because my brother who is out of the nerd loop due to raising teen girls was telling me about an article about N.K. Jemison he read that was hyping her as the biggest name in sci-fi today and he was surprised since he felt she just peddles the usual left wing nonsense in entertainment. I then told him about the sad puppies movement and to avoid modern sci-fi and fantasy like the plague.
I am a huge reader and there are a lot of women who read heavily but like everything certain genres appeal to men more than women and vice versa.
I would say fantasy is split. You have certain fantasy book with female leads being liked by women more whereas men like male leads. Personally, I don't mind either but looking at book storms women are predominantly either at manga or fantasy. I have rarely seen women at Sci fi books and if they are it is usually one nerdy girl.
Thankfully none of the genres are entirely infested with the usual crowd if you know what to pick up and what not to.
Yea I don’t mind a female lead as long as it isn’t the usual feminist lectures. Plenty of good female authors I’ve read pre woke era. Especially in murder mystery. I know with sci-fi and fantasy you can find good indie stuff. The main publishers are crazy. Baen books is good