Fiction readership as a whole is 60/40 female/male. No idea of the genre breakdown. Publishing is over 80% female.

What's funny about it is I've personally been told by editors and agents that because the reader audience is 60% female all books must be written and marketed to women first, and that the 40% male demographic doesn't matter.

Meanwhile, the fact that the gaming audience is NINTY FIVE PERCENT MALE (and does 99% of the purchasing--female gamers don't spend their own money) is actually an indictment against us, and proof we need MORE WOMEN IN GAMES because we are "gatekeeping" them. As if every nerd wouldn't do triple backflips to shove a controller into any woman's hands.

Fiction readership as a whole is 60/40 female/male. No idea of the genre breakdown. Publishing is over 80% female.

What's funny about it is I've personally been told by editors and agents that because the reader audience is 60% female all books must be written and marketed to women first, and that the 40% male demographic doesn't matter.

Meanwhile, the fact that the gaming audience is NINTY FIVE PERCENT MALE (and does 99% of the purchasing--female gamers don't spend their own money) is actually an indictment against us, and proof we need MORE WOMEN IN GAMES because we are "gatekeeping" them. As if every nerd who ever lived wouldn't do triple backflips to shove a controller in any woman's hands.